Terry Lineen

{{Short description|NZ international rugby union player (1936–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

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

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Terry Lineen

| honorific_suffix =

| image = Terry Lineen.jpg

| caption = Lineen in 1957

| nickname =

| birth_name = Terence Raymond Lineen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|01|05}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|2|17|1936|1|5|df=y}}

| ru_position = Second five-eighth and centre

| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

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

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1957–60

| repcaps1 = 12

| reppoints1 = 0

| ru_province1 = Auckland

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1955–59

| ru_provinceapps1 = 57

| ru_provincepoints1 =

| occupation =

| family =

| spouse =

| children =

| relatives = Sean Lineen (son)

| school = Sacred Heart College, Auckland

| university =

}}

Terence Raymond Lineen (5 January 1936 – 17 February 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre three-quarter, Lineen represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1957 to 1960. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including 12 internationals.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=497 |title = Terry Lineen | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 5 September 2015}}

Lineen died in Auckland on 17 February 2020 at the age of 84.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/119582292/former-all-black-terry-lineen-dies-aged-84 |title=Former All Black Terry Lineen dies, aged 84 |date=17 February 2020 |work=Stuff.co.nz |accessdate=18 February 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=terry-lineen&pid=195440867 |title=Terry Lineen death notice |date=19 February 2020 |work=New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 February 2020}}