Allan Hunter (rugby union)

Allan Douglas Hunter MNZM (23 September 1922 – 12 July 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player and schoolteacher.

He played provincial rugby for Hawke's Bay, and was principal of both Upper Hutt College and Burnside High School.

[9] He then played for the Canterbury University College club team alongside Bob Stuart, Larry Savage, and Jack Kelly.

[12] He also wrote an account of the First Battalion Canterbury Regiment's coastal defence duties during World War II, published in 2000 and titled The Young Defenders.

[5] In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hunter was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and the community.