Percy Tetzlaff

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Percy Tetzlaff

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| image =

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| birth_name = Percy Laurence Tetzlaff

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|07|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taupiri, New Zealand

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|08|30|1920|07|14|df=yes}}

| position = Halfback

| height = {{convert|1.60|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1947

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

| province1 = Waikato

| province2 = Auckland

| provinceyears1 = 1939

| provinceyears2 = 1940–47

| provinceapps1 = 4

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| school = Huntly District High School

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Percy Laurence Tetzlaff (14 July 1920 – 30 August 2009) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Tetzlaff represented Waikato and Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1947 tour of Australia. He played seven matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including two internationals.

He was selected as one of the 5 players of the year for the 1945 season in the Rugby Almananac of New Zealand.Arthur Swan & Arthur Carman (ed.). The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1946. Sporting Publications, Wellington.

At 1.60 m, Tetzlaff was one of the shortest All Blacks ever.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=879 |title = Percy Tetzlaff | last = Luxford | first = Bob | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 16 August 2015}}

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