Jack Hazlett

Jack Hazlett

Birth name	Edward John Hazlett
Date of birth	(1938-07-21)21 July 1938
Place of birth	Invercargill, New Zealand
Date of death	16 December 2014(2014-12-16) (aged 76)
Place of death	Invercargill, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
School	Christ's College
Notable relative(s)	Bill Hazlett (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop All Black No. 654 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1960–68 Southland 87 () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1966–67  New Zealand 6 (0)

Edward John "Jack" Hazlett MNZM (21 July 1938 – 16 December 2014) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Hazlett represented Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1966 and 1967. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals.^[1]

Hazlett went on to establish Slinkskins Ltd, a Southland-based tanning company, in 1968,^[2] and in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to export.^[3]

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