Background
He was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 6 March 1919.
rugby league player rugby union player
He was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 6 March 1919.
Knox worked as a truck driver and watersider, becoming involved in the 1951 waterside strike, and rose through the union ranks to become secretary of the Auckland District Woollen Mills Employees’ Union and vice president of the Auckland Trades Council in 1961. In 1969, Knox became secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, working alongside the organisation’s president, Sir Tom Skinner. His sports injuries made him unfit for war service during World World War World War II