Apollo Perelini is a former Samoa dual code rugby international player. He is a New Zealand national. Perelini played for St. Helens in the Rugby League Premiership and the Super League. He also played for Sale Sharks in the Zurich Championship and North Harbour in New Zealand. Perelini played both prop and second row in league, but just as a back row player in union. He was named 'Apollo 11' because he was born on the day that the Apollo space project was launched. In the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup he played as an open side flanker, in the Samoans' four games. During the World Cup he gained the nickname of "Terminator" for his fierce hard hitting tackling technique. He was the first player in world rugby to change the defensive tackle into an offensive attacking weapon. In 1994 he received an approach from St Helens to play rugby league in England. At first he rejected it, but finally agreed. In 1995 he played for rugby league for Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup, making him the first Samoan to play in World Cups in both codes. [More at Wikipedia]

July 16th, 1969 in Auckland (Age 54)