Who is the only All Black (New Zealand rugby) captain to have been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame?
Wilson Whineray he would have become the Governor-General". He became the first New Zealander inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame, being elected on 21 October 2007 (following the IRB World Cup in France) after a public vote. He died in Auckland in 2012, at the age of 77. Wilson Whineray Sir Wilson James Whineray (10 July 1935 – 22 October 2012) was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until surpassed by Richie McCaw in 2014. Rugby writer Terry McLean considered him the All Blacks'
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame The current chief executive of the Hall of Fame is sports writer Ron Palenski. The following individuals and teams have been inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is an organisation commemorating New Zealand's greatest sporting triumphs. It was inaugurated as part of the New Zealand sesquicentenary celebrations in 1990. Some 160 members have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since its inception representing a wide variety of sports. Inductions are held regularly every second year. Since 1999, it has been located in Dunedin,