Francis James "Frank" Oliver was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player. He was born in Dunedin

Dunedin

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 on December 24, 1948, making his provincial debut for Southland

Southland Region

Southland is New Zealand's southernmost region and is also a district within that region. It consists mainly of the southwestern portion of the South Island and Stewart Island / Rakiura...

 in 1969. He later also played for Otago

Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

 and Manawatu.

Oliver played in the forwards as a lock and played 43 international matches for the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

; 17 of them full test appearances, between 1976 and 1981. After retiring from playing in 1983, Oliver began coaching the Manawatu provincial team from 1995–1997 and then the Wellington Hurricanes

Hurricanes (Super rugby franchise)

The Hurricanes are a New Zealand professional Rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in the Super Rugby competition...

 and the Auckland Blues Super 12 sides.

Oliver's son Anton

Anton Oliver

Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer who most recently played professionally for the French second-division club Toulon, noted for signing veteran greats including former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga and great George Gregan...

 followed in his father's footsteps, representing both Otago and New Zealand, and being All Black Captain.

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