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Full name
  
Roger James Urbahn

Height
  
1.74 m

Education
  
Stratford High School

Place of birth
  
Opunake, New Zealand

Weight
  
61 kg

Date of birth
  
(1934-07-31)31 July 1934

Date of death
  
27 November 1984(1984-11-27) (aged 50)

Place of death
  
New Plymouth, New Zealand

University
  
Ardmore Teachers' Training College

Died
  
27 November 1984, New Plymouth, New Zealand

Roger James Urbahn (31 July 1934 – 27 November 1984) was a New Zealand rugby union player, cricketer, and sports journalist.

A halfback, Urbahn played representative rugby for Taranaki at a provincial level between 1955 and 1966. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1959 and 1960, playing 15 matches including three internationals. In all he scored three tries for the All Blacks. An all-round sportsman, Urbahn also played Hawke Cup cricket for Taranaki. He trained as a school teacher at Ardmore Teachers' Training College and worked in that profession until 1962, when he became a journalist, rising to become sports editor of the Taranaki Daily News. Urbahn died in New Plymouth on 27 November 1984.

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