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Full name | Lawrence Otto Bensemann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Motueka, New Zealand | 4 March 1891||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 September 1969 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Papers Past |
Lawrence Otto Bensemann (4 March 1891 – 23 September 1969) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand (Heritage № 101), and Wellington, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1][2][3]
Born in Motueka in 1891, Bensemann was educated at Nelson College from 1904 to 1906.[4] He was the uncle of artist Leo Bensemann.[citation needed]
Bensemann represented New Zealand in 1913 against New South Wales.[citation needed]
Lawrence Bensemann served in both world wars. He enlisted in 1915 and at the time was married to Charlotte Bensemann and stated his address as Sutherland Road in Maranui.[5] Following the war he worked as an accountant and was living on Konini Rd in Hataitai. In October 1924 he found a body on Mount Victoria.[6]