# Claude Dempsey

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{{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](/source/Auckland), New Zealand
|death_date     = 19 August, 1971
|death_place    = [Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand
|height         =  
|weight         = {{convert|67|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1          = [Newton Rangers](/source/Newton_Rangers) ([ARL](/source/Auckland_Rugby_League))
|year1start     = 1930
|year1end       = 40
|appearances1   = 169
|tries1         = 5
|goals1         = 65
|fieldgoals1    = 1
|points1        = 150
|teamA          = [Auckland](/source/Auckland_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart     = 1932
|yearAend       = 39
|appearancesA   = 10
|triesA         = 0
|goalsA         = 2
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 4
|teamB               = [Auckland B](/source/Auckland_rugby_league_team)
|yearBstart          = 1935
|yearBend            = 
|appearancesB        = 1
|triesB              = 0
|goalsB              = 1
|fieldgoalsB         = 0
|pointsB             = 2
|teamC               = [Auckland A](/source/Auckland_rugby_league_team)
|yearCstart          = 1935
|yearCend            = 
|appearancesC        = 1
|triesC              = 0
|goalsC              = 0
|fieldgoalsC         = 0
|pointsC             = 0
|teamD               = [Auckland Province](/source/Auckland_rugby_league_team)
|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](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_league_team)
|yearFstart          = 1936
|yearFend            = 
|appearancesF        = 1
|triesF              = 0
|goalsF              = 0
|fieldgoalsF         = 0
|pointsF             = 0 
|teamG               = [Auckland Pakehā](/source/Auckland_rugby_league_team)
|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>
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'''Claude Dempsey''' was a New Zealand [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) player who represented [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_league_team).

==Playing career==
Dempsey played in the [Auckland Rugby League](/source/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](/source/Auckland_rugby_league_team), Dempsey played for [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_league_team) in one Test, starting at Fullback against the touring [England team](/source/England_national_rugby_league_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](/source/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.

==References==
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Category:1913 births
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:City Newton Dragons players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Rugby league fullbacks
Category:Rugby league players from the Auckland Region

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