Mick Cossey
Birth nameRaymond Reginald Cossey
Date of birth(1935-01-21)21 January 1935
Place of birthPapakura, New Zealand
Date of death24 May 1986(1986-05-24) (aged 51)
Place of deathDrury, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
SchoolOtahuhu College
Occupation(s)Schoolteacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second five-eighth
Centre

Wing
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1953–54
1956–57
1958–62
Auckland
Poverty Bay
Counties
5
18
51
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958 New Zealand 1 (0)

Raymond Reginald "Mick" Cossey (21 January 1935 – 24 May 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Cossey represented Auckland, Poverty Bay, and Counties at a provincial level. He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks: the first test against the touring Australian side in 1958.[1]

A schoolteacher, Cossey taught at Patutahi School, near Gisborne, in the mid-1950s, where one of his students was future All Black Ian Kirkpatrick.[1] Cossey was killed in an accident at a railway crossing in 1986,[1] and his ashes were buried in Papakura Cemetery.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Knight, Lindsay. "Mick Cossey". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. "Burial record for Raymond Reginald Cossey (cremation)". Auckland Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. "Burial record for Raymond Reginald Cossey (burial)". Auckland Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.


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