![]() Steele, c. 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Leo Brian Steele | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 January 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wellington Technical College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Christian Cullen (great-nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leo Brian Steele (born 19 January 1929) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Steele represented Wellington and Horowhenua at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, for their 1951 tour of Australia, on which he played in nine matches, including three internationals. [1]
With the death of Bill McCaw on 6 May 2025, Steele became the oldest living All Black. [2] [3]