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Ron Jarden
Rugby player
Ronald Alexander Jarden (born 14 December 1929, Lower Hutt, New Zealand and died 18 February 1977, Lower Hutt), better known as Ron Jarden, was a New Zealand rugby union footballer, businessman, and sharebroker.
Jarden, c. 1951-56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Ronald Alexander Jarden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1929-12-14)14 December 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 February 1977(1977-02-18) (aged 47) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (12 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hutt Valley High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Victoria University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
Jarden played club rugby for Victoria University in 1949, and was selected to play provincial rugby for Wellington (on the wing) that year.[1] He practised daily at goal-kicking and also lineout throwing (which was performed by wingers in those days). He was selected for the North Island team in 1950 and then the All Blacks in 1951. He played 16 Tests and 21 other matches for the All Blacks before retiring in 1956 following the tour of the South African team.[1] He was voted New Zealand Sportsman of the year in 1951.[2][3]
Business career
He had graduated from Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, and his retirement from rugby in 1956 was to concentrate on his business career with Shell. He was very successful in business and eventually started his own stockbroking firm RA Jarden & Co, which is now Jarden Securities Limited, New Zealand's largest investment bank. He was appointed chairman of the Broadcasting Council which governed New Zealand's broadcasting system in 1975.
Jarden died on 18 February 1977 from a heart attack.[1] In 2008, he was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.[4]
- Knight, Lindsay. "Ron Jarden No. 531". allblacks.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- "Sports award winners". teara.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- "Past laureates". Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 February 2023.