Ex coach missing for four days
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McClennan, 75, a former international league coach and Kiwi league fullback, was last seen walking northbound on the Hibiscus Coast Highway about 5pm on Wednesday. He had left his residence, Milton Court Rest Home, on Milton Rd, Orewa.
McClennan is the father of former Kiwis and Warriors coach Brian “Bluey” McClennan, who said his father had advanced dementia.
McClennan is about 1.7m tall, with grey hair and was last wearing a red and black St Helens league tracksuit top with blue jeans. He was also wearing a bracelet with his wife’s contact details, his son said.
“He’s a really approachable, kind man but he’ll be confused.”
Police were also asking any motorists with a dashboard camera, who travelled between Silverdale and Warkworth on Wednesday between 3pm and 10pm, to check their footage.
The family were surprised by reports he may have headed north.
“Whenever you talk to him he always thinks he lives in Maidstone St again, where he grew up. It’s off Karangahape Rd, right in the heart of the city. Or he wants to get to Fowlds Park in Mt Albert. He used to coach there . . . his mind always takes him back there,” Brian said.
McClennan may also have his directions confused, his family said, as he sometimes thought Orewa was Mission Bay.
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