Buff Milner

Buff Milner

Born	Henare Pawhara Milner (1946-02-12)12 February 1946 Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand
Died	2 March 1996(1996-03-02) (aged 50) London, United Kingdom
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
School	Tokomaru Bay District High School
Notable relative	Nehe Milner-Skudder (cousin)
Occupation	Soldier
Rugby union career
Position Utility back Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1963–65 East Coast 1966–72 Wanganui 35 1972–78 Counties 41 (88) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1970 New Zealand 1 (0) 1971–75 New Zealand Māori 14 (6)

Henare Pawhara "Buff" Milner (12 February 1946 – 2 March 1996) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A utility back, Milner represented East Coast, Wanganui, and Counties at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1970. He played 16 matches for the All Blacks on their tour of South Africa that year, including one international. A professional soldier, Milner died suddenly in 1996 in the United Kingdom while there on an army course.

He was the cousin of Nehe Milner-Skudder, who made his All Black debut in 2015.