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Mick Williment
Rugby player
Michael Williment (25 February 1940 – 5 September 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union and cricket player, and co-founder of sports tour company Williment World Travel.
| Birth name | Michael Williment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1940-02-25)25 February 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 September 1994(1994-09-05) (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Rongotai College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Victoria University of Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Marc Ellis (nephew)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Travel company proprietor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A fullback, Williment represented Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1964 to 1967. He played nine matches for the All Blacks, all of them internationals.[2]
Williment was also a promising cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman, he played for the Wellington under-20 side in the 1958–59 and 1959-60 seasons.[1]
Williment married Rosemary Leonora Frances Ellis, the daughter of Cyclax (New Zealand) general manager John Clifford Gwynne Ellis, and together the couple established Williment World Travel, a sports tour company, in 1968.[3][4] Williment died from cancer in Wellington in 1994,[2][3] and was buried at Taitā Lawn Cemetery.[5] Rosemary Williment continued to run the travel business until 2001, when she sold the company to senior management. She had remarried lawyer Warren Allen in 1998, and died in 2012.[3]
- Mick Williment at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Knight, Lindsay. "Mick Williment". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- Donoghue, Tim (19 May 2012). "Businesswoman pioneered travel services for All Black fans". Dominion Post. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- "Personal notes". Evening Post. 31 May 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- "Record Details: Michael Williment". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
