John Brake (rugby union, born 1952)

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| birth_name = Leonard John Brake

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|07|03|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand

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| ru_position = First five-eighth

| height = {{convert|1.783|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| repyears1 = 1976

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| ru_province1 = Bay of Plenty

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1973–81

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| coachteams1 = Bay of Plenty

| coachyears1 = 1989–91

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| school = Western Heights High School

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Leonard John Brake was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. A first five-eighth, Brake represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1976 tour of South America. He played five matches on that tour, but did not appear in either of the unofficial tests against Argentina. He went on to be the Bay of Plenty selector–coach between 1989 and 1991.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=83 |title = John Brake | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 21 December 2014}}