Tom Ellison wrote the first book on rugby, captained the All Blacks in 1893, was, if not the first, one of the first Maori lawyers, and was responsible for putting the silver fern on the All Black jersey. Denis Dwyer is the author of the recently published: Black Jersey Silver Fern: Tom Ellison - The First Maori to Captain the All Blacks.
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