Ron Jarden

Ron Jarden

Jarden, c. 1951-56
Birth name	Ronald Alexander Jarden
Date of birth	(1929-12-14)14 December 1929
Place of birth	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Date of death	18 February 1977(1977-02-18) (aged 47)
Place of death	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
School	Hutt Valley High School
University	Victoria University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Victoria University () Correct as of 2007-08-31 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1951–1956 All Blacks 16 (42) Correct as of 2007-08-31

Ronald Alexander Jarden (born 14 December 1929, Lower Hutt, New Zealand and died 18 February 1977, Lower Hutt), better known as Ron Jarden, was a New Zealand rugby union footballer, businessman, and sharebroker.

Career

Rugby career

Jarden played club rugby for Victoria University in 1949, and was selected to play provincial rugby for Wellington (on the wing) that year. He practised daily at goal-kicking and also lineout throwing (which was performed by wingers in those days). He was selected for the North Island team in 1950 and then the All Blacks in 1951. He played 16 Tests and 21 other matches for the All Blacks before retiring in 1956 following the tour of the South African team. He was voted New Zealand Sportsman of the year in 1951.

Business career

He had graduated from Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953, and his retirement from rugby in 1956 was to concentrate on his business career with Shell. He was very successful in business and eventually started his own stockbroking firm RA Jarden & Co, which is now Jarden Securities Limited, New Zealand's largest investment bank. He was appointed chairman of the Broadcasting Council which governed New Zealand's broadcasting system in 1975.

Jarden died on 18 February 1977 from a heart attack. In 2008, he was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.

External links

• Ron Jarden at the All Blacks (archived)