Alwin John "Dougie" McGregor (1889–1963) was a dual-code

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er who represented New Zealand in both

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and

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Rugby union career

McGregor played

for the Karangahake club in the Goldfields sub-union competition in 1908. The following year he moved to Auckland, joining the Ponsonby club. McGregor represented

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and the North Island that same year.Dougie McGregor
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squad for their North America tour and played in 11 games during the tour, including Test matches against Australia and the

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Rugby league career

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McGregor switched codes to

, playing in the Auckland Rugby League competition for

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alongside

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, and McGregors younger brother John Wylie McGregor. He played for them from 1915 to 1919 before switching to the Ponsonby United. He played at both clubs with another brother Eric Esdaile McGregor who was also a very accomplished player and the top try scorer in the Auckland club competition in 1918 along with appearing for

. Dougie McGregor represented

on 2 occasions. His debut was against Thames in 1915 where he scored a try in a 27-16 win at Victoria Park in front of 4,000 spectators. Auckland played almost no representative fixtures during World War I so his next representative match was against Canterbury in a 45-9 win at the Auckland Domain on September 14, 1918. He played again for Auckland against Hawkes Bay at Eden Park in a 38-13 win where he scored a try. McGregor also played for the Auckland Provincial team against Australia at the Auckland Domain on September 20. Australia ran out comfortable 32-8 victors. He played in 9 matches for

. Seven of these were on the 1919 New Zealand tour of Australia and were followed by two test appearance against the Australian side who toured a month later.

Later years

McGregor was later a

coach in Auckland and Otago.

Family

McGregors uncle,

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, played for the All Blacks between 1901 and 1904 while his nephew,

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, played for the Kiwis between 1947 and 1948.

References

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