Terry Lineen

{{Short description|NZ international rugby union player (1936–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Terry Lineen | honorific_suffix = | image = Terry Lineen.jpg | caption = Lineen in 1957 | birth_name = Terence Raymond Lineen | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|01|05}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|2|17|1936|1|5|df=y}} | position = Second five-eighth and centre | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repyears1 = 1957–60 | repcaps1 = 12 | reppoints1 = 0 | province1 = Auckland | provinceyears1 = 1955–59 | provinceapps1 = 57 | provincepoints1 = | relatives = Sean Lineen (son) | school = Sacred Heart College, Auckland }}

'''Terence Raymond Lineen''' (5 January 1936 – 17 February 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre three-quarter, Lineen represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1957 to 1960. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including 12 internationals.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=497 |title = Terry Lineen | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 5 September 2015}}</ref>

Lineen died in Auckland on 17 February 2020 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/119582292/former-all-black-terry-lineen-dies-aged-84 |title=Former All Black Terry Lineen dies, aged 84 |date=17 February 2020 |work=Stuff.co.nz |accessdate=18 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=terry-lineen&pid=195440867 |title=Terry Lineen death notice |date=19 February 2020 |work=New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 February 2020}}</ref>

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