COVID-19 Level 1 Update

Under Alert Level 1, the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is now OPEN. Our hours are 10am to 3pm (Wednesdays to Sundays). We are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (open by appointment only on these days).
Brian Lochore
Inducted in 1990
One of the most respected people in New Zealand sport, Sir Brian Lochore was an All Black loose forward from 1963 to 1971 and one of New Zealand’s most successful captains from 1966 to 1970.
Sporting Category:
  • Rugby Union
Lochore turned to coaching, raising Wairarapa-Bush into the first division, and he took over coaching the All Blacks in 1985, culminating in his side winning the first World Cup two years later.

Lochore’s services were required again by the New Zealand Rugby Football Union in 1995 when he was appointed campaign manager for the All Blacks’ cup bid that year.

Rugby and other sports continue to use his services and for two years, he was chairman of the New Zealand Sports Foundation's high performance committee, a role he relinquished when he succeeded another former All Black captain, Wilson Whineray, as chairman of the Hillary Commission.

Lochore was also a provincial tennis champion and regularly played tennis at the annual New Zealand Masters Games.

He was also a trustee of the Halberg Trust and was knighted in 1999, then elevated to the Order of New Zealand in 2007.

Sporting Spotlight

Men's Hockey Team 1976

(1976)

When the New Zealand team left for the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the hockey team was seldom mentioned as possible medalists.
Our Sponsors
Top
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Railway Station
Anzac Avenue
Dunedin 9016
Otago
New Zealand
Close menu

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with stylesheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. The latest version of Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome or Internet Explorer will work best if you're after a new browser.