Gary Knight

Birth name	Gary Albert Knight
Date of birth	(1951-08-26) 26 August 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
School	Mana College
Occupation(s)	Farmer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1972 1975–86 Horowhenua Manawatu 7 145 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1977–86 New Zealand 36 (4)
Medal record Men's amateur wrestling Representing  New Zealand British Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Freestyle + 100 kg

Gary Albert Knight (born 26 August 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and amateur wrestler.

A prop, Knight represented Horowhenua and Manawatu at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1977 to 1986. He played 66 matches for the All Blacks, including 36 internationals.^[1]

While playing for the All Blacks during the 1981 springbok tour Knight was famously felled by a flour bomb dropped by Marx Jones.^[2]

Knight competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight (+100 kg) division of freestyle wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, winning the bronze medal.^[1][3]