David Lory Blanchard was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league football player who played representative rugby league for New Zealand in the 1954 World Cup and coached them at the 1970 World Cup.
14 Facts About Lory Blanchard
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Lory Blanchard played for Hull FC in England during World War II.
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Lory Blanchard made his rugby union first class debut for North Otago in 1939, aged 15.
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Lory Blanchard had played for the Linwood Keas and represented Canterbury and the South Island.
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Lory Blanchard represented New Zealand national team between 1951 and 1956, including at the 1954 World Cup.
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Lory Blanchard had played altogether in 63 matches, including sixteen test matches, for the Kiwis.
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Lory Blanchard became a New Zealand selector between 1967 and 1972, convening the panel between 1969 and 1972.
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Lory Blanchard coached New Zealand on three occasions; between 1966 and 1967, in 1969 and between 1970 and 1972, including at the 1970 World Cup.
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Lory Blanchard coached Linwood in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.
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Between 1973 and 1975 Lory Blanchard was President of the Canterbury Schoolboy Board of Control.
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Lory Blanchard served two years on the Canterbury Rugby League board.
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Lory Blanchard was inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's Legends of League in 2000.
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Lory Blanchard was made a life member of the New Zealand Rugby League in 2008.
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Lory Blanchard died on New Year's Day, 2013, aged 88, survived by his wife, Lyndsay, and their five children.