Colin Latimour RIP

Former All White Colin Latimour died suddenly on Christmas Eve, aged 68.

A service will take place at Purewa Crematorium, All Saints Chapel, St Johns Road, Meadowbank, at 10.30am on Wednesday.

He played in 20 "A" internationals between 1967 and 1973, mainly as a fullback.

He made his debut against Oz on Guy Fawkes Day, 1967, in a 5-3 loss, and made his final appearance for his country in the World Cup qualifying series on 24 March 1973, in a 4-0 loss to Iraq.

His only goal for NZ was scored against New Caledonia in a 2-1 win on 21 February 1973.

He also scored against the Central League in a 10-2 rout on 26 May 1968, in one of his five non-cap-earning appearances for NZ.

He played for, amongst others, Ponsonby and Eastern Suburbs.

RIP Colin, you were a great bloke.

I had the pleasure and privilege of being coached by Colin when he was player / coach of Tawa.

A real gentleman with a great sense of humour.

My condolences to his family.

RIP Colin.

Don't know him and never heard of him but Leggy and WB know their stuff so well done Colin for promoting football in this country.

A wee bit more info courtesy Barry Smith:

Colin Latimour, New Zealand’s footballer of the year in 1967 and its only Burma-born international, came here as a three year old, taking up football on starting secondary school at Auckland Grammar.

Senior football career began with Ponsonby with whom he won a Northern League Premier championship in 1967.

That same year he made his New Zealand debut in Vietnam in 1967 against Australia and went on to play 25 matches for his country and a similar number for Auckland in a period when Auckland frequently faced visiting teams from Britain and Europe.

When the National League began in 1970 he switched allegiance to Eastern Suburbs starting in every match for four years in a row.

His top class career ended effectively with a job transfer away from Auckland but he continued to show his ability in regional football with Whangarei City and later Tawa in Wellington.