George Menzies

George Menzies (30 September 1930 – 16 March 2016) was a New Zealand rugby league player and coach who represented New Zealand at three World Cups and coached New Zealand at another World Cup.

A Runanga club player, Menzies was a West Coast and South Island representative. Menzies played in 69 games, including twenty-nine test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team, participating in three World Cups.

Menzies was selected to go on the 1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France.

He captained the Kiwis in a test during the 1956 tour to Australia before retiring from international football in 1961 after withdrawing from the 1961 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France. Before returning to New Zealand to coach the West Coast.

Menzies was named one of New Zealand Rugby League's "Legends of League" in 1995.

In 2009 Menzies was named in the NZRL's team of the century.

Menzies died in Greymouth on 16 March 2016, aged 85.