Percy Erceg

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1928–2019)}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2016}}

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| birth_name = Charles Percy Erceg

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1928|11|28}}

| birth_place = Waipapakauri, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|05|26|1928|11|28}}

| death_place = Kaitaia, New Zealand

| ru_position = Wing

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = New Zealand Māori

| repteam2 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1950–52

| repyears2 = 1951–52

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| repcaps2 = 4

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| province1 = North Auckland

| province2 = {{Rut|Auckland}}

| provinceyears1 = 1948, 1954–56

| provinceyears2 = 1950–53

| provinceapps1 = 25

| provinceapps2 = 30

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| occupation = Insurance agent

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| school = Sacred Heart College

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Charles Percy Erceg (28 November 1928 – 26 May 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Erceg represented North Auckland and {{Rut|Auckland}} at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1951 to 1952. He played nine matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=260 |title = Percy Erceg | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 3 June 2019}}

Affiliating to Ngāti Kurī,{{cite journal |url=http://www.ngatikuri.iwi.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/NK_News_Winter_2013.pdf |title=Update from the Kaunihera |date=Winter 2013 | issue=3 | journal=Ngāti Kuri Kōrero |publisher=Ngāti Kuri Trust Board |accessdate=9 January 2016}} Erceg represented New Zealand Māori from 1950 to 1952, and in 1951 he was awarded the Tom French Cup as the Māori player of the year. He later served as a national Māori selector from 1972 to 1983, was the manager of the New Zealand Māori side that toured Australia and the Pacific Islands in 1979 and coach of the 1982 team that toured Wales.

Erceg died in Kaitaia on 26 May 2019.