Eddie Tonks

Edward James Tonks CBE (30 December 1934 – 18 October 2020) was a New Zealand businessman and sports administrator.

[2][3] In 1958, Tonks married Claire Suzanne Poulton, and the couple went on to have two children.

[1] Tonks died at his home in Wellington on 18 October 2020, aged 85.

[5] In the 1993 New Year Honours, Tonks was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby,[6] and in 2004 he was made a life member of New Zealand Rugby.

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