Johnny Simpson

Johnny Simpson
Full name John George Simpson
Date of birth (1922-03-18)18 March 1922
Place of birth Rotorua, New Zealand
Date of death 17 November 2010(2010-11-17) (aged 88)
Place of death Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
New Zealand No. 474
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1947–1950  New Zealand 30 6

John George "Johnny" Simpson (18 March 1922 – 17 November 2010) was a New Zealand rugby union player. During his career he played as a prop.[1]

Rugby league career

Simpson started his footballing career playing rugby league for the Marist club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.[2] Simpson switched codes during the Second World War.

References

  1. All Black legend Johnny Simpson dies, The Guardian, 19 November 2010.
  2. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4, p.126.

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