Ian Uttley

Ian Neill Uttley (3 December 1941 – 15 September 2015) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre three-quarter, Uttley represented Wellington, Auckland, and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in two matches in Auckland in May 1963, both of them Tests against the touring England team.^[1] He was known as the "Grey Ghost".^[2]

Ian Uttley

Birth name	Ian Neill Uttley
Date of birth	(1941-12-03)3 December 1941
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	15 September 2015(2015-09-15) (aged 73)
Place of death	near Te Pohue, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
School	Wellington College
University	Victoria University of Wellington
Notable relative(s)	Kenneth Uttley (father)
Occupation(s)	Oil company executive
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1961–65, 68 Wellington () 1966 Auckland () 1967 Hawke's Bay () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1963 New Zealand 2 (0)

His father, Kenneth Uttley, represented Otago and New Zealand Universities in rugby union, and also played first-class cricket for Otago and Wellington.^[1]

Uttley and his wife Christine died on 15 September 2015, when their vehicle went off the side of State Highway 5 near Te Pohue, overcorrected, and crossed into the path of a logging truck.^[3] Police suspect a third vehicle may have been involved.^[4]