Don Parkinson
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Parkinson | |||||
| Born | 1936/1937 (age 79–80) Huntly, New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Taniwharau | ||||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Waikato | ||||||
| 1968 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Parkinson is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in 1968.
Playing career
From Huntly, Parkinson played for the Taniwharau Rugby League Club and represented Waikato.[1] A hooker, Parkinson represented the Kiwis in 1968.[2][3]
Later years
In 2005 Parkinson was fined and sentenced to 400 hours' community work after he had mistakenly shot another hunter while out deer hunting.[4]
References
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ↑ Past Kiwis Caps P nzrl.co.nz
- ↑ Huntly's rugby league legends go on parade stuff.co.nz, 8 December 2008
- ↑ Hunter escapes prison after shooting accident nzherald.co.nz, 17 June 2005
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