Age, Biography and Wiki
Joe Karam (Joseph Francis Karam) was born on 21 November, 1951 in Taumarunui, New Zealand, is a New Zealand rugby player and businessman. Discover Joe Karam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
| Popular As |
Joseph Francis Karam |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
21 November 1951 |
| Birthday |
21 November |
| Birthplace |
Taumarunui, New Zealand |
| Nationality |
New Zealand
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He is a member of famous player with the age 72 years old group.
Joe Karam Height, Weight & Measurements
At 72 years old, Joe Karam height is 1.73 m and Weight 82 kg.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
1.73 m |
| Weight |
82 kg |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Joe Karam Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Joe Karam worth at the age of 72 years old? Joe Karam’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Joe Karam's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
player |
Joe Karam Social Network
Timeline
Joseph Francis Karam (born 21 November 1951), also known by the nickname of "Clock", is a New Zealand former representative rugby footballer who played for the All Blacks.
After retiring from rugby, he became a businessman.
However, he is most notable for waging a successful 15-year campaign to have David Bain's convictions for murder overturned, and a subsequent campaign seeking compensation for him.
Karam was born in Taumarunui to a Lebanese father and an Irish mother.
He grew up on the family farm near Raurimu and attended St Patrick's College, Silverstream.
A first XV player at Saint Patrick's, Karam scored 138 of the schools 239 points during the 1967 season.
That year he was a North Island secondary schoolboys representative.
He spent the 1971 season with Horowhenua.
Karam was horrified that players on the UK tour of 1971 got a pound a day as their living allowance while rugby officials "were flying around the world drinking champagne like it was going out of fashion".
For players of "modest employment" slogging it out on the field for their country it meant that "their wife and children were starving back home".
He was selected for Wellington's South Island tour in 1972, becoming the youngest-ever player picked to represent Wellington.
An extremely hard trainer at a club level, Karam was named as an All Black for the 1972–73 tour of the British Isles and France.
He played 10 test matches for the All Blacks between 1972 and 1975.
Karam switched codes in 1975, signing a three-year deal with the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition $20,000 a year.
He scored 160 points for the Bears in 1976, winning the Painter Rosebowl Trophy as top point scorer.
Karam was selected for Auckland almost immediately, playing in six games in 1976 and scoring 53 points.
This including playing in Auckland's 17–7 victory over New South Wales City.
He won the trophy again in 1977.
He played in one game for Auckland in 1977, kicking six goals.
By the final year of his contract, Karam couldn't break into the Glenora side, being succeeded by Warwick Freeman.
He reportedly found the tackling work rate to be far more demanding than in rugby union.
Karam is known for his many years of unqualified support for David Bain, who was convicted in 1995 of murdering all five members of his family.
His interest in the case began in 1996, when he read a newspaper article about "an old music teacher and a bunch of young, long-haired university students" trying to raise money for Bain's appeal by selling jam.
He went and gave them money.
He began to study the evidence presented at the original trial and began to feel something was wrong with the case.
He went to visit Bain in prison in Christchurch and subsequently visited him over 200 times.
Based on his extensive research over many years, Karam wrote four books about David Bain's case.
Karam made accusations against two police officers in David and Goliath as a result of which he was sued for defamation.
(He won that case as well.) The book created a media furore.
Karam appeared regularly on the Holmes TV show and 'did a thousand other media interviews'.
The second book, "Bain and Beyond" was published in 2000 and the third, "Innocent!: seven critical flaws in the conviction of David Bain" came out in 2001.
Karam's research and sustained pressure on the justice system culminated in an appeal to the Privy Council in Britain in May 2007, at which Bain's conviction was overturned.
The Privy Council found there had been a substantial miscarriage of justice, quashed his convictions and ordered a retrial.
After his convictions were quashed, Karam allowed Bain to stay at his house in the Waikato on bail prior to the retrial two years later.
Bain stayed for about three months before moving to Auckland.
The new trial was held in 2009 and Bain was found not guilty on all five charges.
Without Karam's support, it is unlikely there would ever have been a retrial.
The fourth book "Trial By Ambush: The Prosecutions of David Bain" was released in 2012.
Karam was paid $424,480 by Legal Services for his legal work in support of David Bain.
