Rodney Reid

{{Short description|New Zealand sportsman (1939–2022)}} {{for|the American death row inmate|Rodney Reed}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rodney Reid | image = Rodney Reid 1959.jpg | caption = Reid in 1959 | fullname = Rodney Ernest Reid | height = | position = Inside-forward | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|07|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Apia, Territory of Western Samoa | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|5|12|1939|07|30|df=y}} | death_place = Blenheim, New Zealand | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Miramar Rangers | years2 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = Seatoun | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1958 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalteam1 = New Zealand | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }} '''Rodney Ernest Reid''' (30 July 1939 – 12 May 2022) was a New Zealand association football player who represented New Zealand at international level<ref name=aapp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm|title=A-International Appearances – Overall|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|accessdate=9 November 2009}}</ref> and played first-class cricket for Wellington.<ref name=cinfo>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/rodney-reid-38303|title=Rodney Reid|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 November 2009}}</ref>

Born in Apia in Western Samoa, Reid played 13 first-class matches for Wellington from 1958–59 to 1960–61, taking 33 wickets at 29.72 with his right-arm medium pace and scoring 205 runs at 12.81.<ref name=cinfo /> He was considered one of the most promising new players of the 1958–59 Plunket Shield season, the Christchurch ''Press'' noting: "His medium-paced bowling was remarkably steady, he averaged 25 with the bat, and he finished the series with a hat-trick against Otago."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Encouraging Performances in Plunket Shield Games |journal=Press |date=22 January 1959 |page=5 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19590122.2.20.4}}</ref> He took his best figures of 6 for 57 in the second innings when Wellington defeated Auckland by an innings in January 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=Auckland v Wellington 1959-60 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23910.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

Reid played two official A-international matches for the New Zealand national football team in 1958.<ref name=aapp /> The first was a 2–3 loss against trans-Tasman neighbours Australia on 16 August 1958 and the second was a 5–1 win over New Caledonia on 7 September.<ref name=alup>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1561.htm|title=A-International Lineups 1904-1959|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|accessdate=9 November 2009}}</ref>

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