{{Short description|New Zealand international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Claude Dempsey |fullname = Claude Edward Dempsey |nickname = |image = Claude Dempsey.png |image_size = |caption = |country = |position = {{rlp|FB}} |birth_date = 13 May, 1909 |birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand |death_date = 19 August, 1971 |death_place = Auckland, New Zealand |height = |weight = {{convert|67|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = Newton Rangers (ARL) |year1start = 1930 |year1end = 40 |appearances1 = 169 |tries1 = 5 |goals1 = 65 |fieldgoals1 = 1 |points1 = 150 |teamA = Auckland |yearAstart = 1932 |yearAend = 39 |appearancesA = 10 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 2 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 4 |teamB = Auckland B |yearBstart = 1935 |yearBend = |appearancesB = 1 |triesB = 0 |goalsB = 1 |fieldgoalsB = 0 |pointsB = 2 |teamC = Auckland A |yearCstart = 1935 |yearCend = |appearancesC = 1 |triesC = 0 |goalsC = 0 |fieldgoalsC = 0 |pointsC = 0 |teamD = Auckland Province |yearDstart = 1935 |yearDend = |appearancesD = 1 |triesD = 0 |goalsD = 0 |fieldgoalsD = 0 |pointsD = 0 |teamE = North Island |yearEstart = 1936 |yearEend = |appearancesE = 1 |triesE = 0 |goalsE = 0 |fieldgoalsE = 0 |pointsE = 0 |teamF = New Zealand |yearFstart = 1936 |yearFend = |appearancesF = 1 |triesF = 0 |goalsF = 0 |fieldgoalsF = 0 |pointsF = 0 |teamG = Auckland Pakehā |yearGstart = 1939 |yearGend = 40 |appearancesG = 2 |triesG = 0 |goalsG = 1 |fieldgoalsG = 0 |pointsG = 2 |updated = |source = <ref name="Papers Past">{{cite web|url=http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers|title=Papers Past|accessdate=29 August 2021}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=August 2024}}<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Claude-Dempsey/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> |new = yes }} '''Claude Dempsey''' was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
==Playing career== Dempsey played in the Auckland Rugby League competition at {{rlp|FB}}.<ref>[http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=D&id=246 DEMPSEY, Claude 1936 - Kiwi #246] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423080325/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=D&id=246 |date=2012-04-23}} ''nzleague.co.nz''</ref> An Auckland representative, Dempsey played for New Zealand in one Test, starting at Fullback against the touring England team on 15 August 1936.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19360817.2.93 |title=Rugby League: Final Test Match |newspaper=Southland Times |date=17 August 1936 |issue=22970 |page=11 |via=Papers Past |access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref> thumb|Dempsey being tackled in a match for Newton Rangers against Devonport United in May, 1935.
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