Birth name | Donald Joseph Oliver | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 April 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 June 1990 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
School | Palmerston North Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||
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Donald Joseph Oliver (29 April 1909 – 25 June 1990) was an All Blacks rugby union player from New Zealand. He was a wing threequarter.
He played three matches including two tests for the All Blacks, scoring 6 points and two tries for New Zealand against the British Lions in 1930.
He played for several provincial sides; Otago, Wellington, Wairarapa, Waikato, and Southland. He was a selector for Horowhenua 1948-50 and Manawatu-Horowhenua 1949–50.