{{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 = Craddock Dufty |fullname = Calvin Thomas Craddock Dufty |nickname = |image = File:Craddock Dufty.png |image_size =150 |caption = |country = |position = {{rlp|FB|WG|CE}} |birth_date = 10 March 1900<ref>''New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920''</ref> |birth_place = Thames, New Zealand |death_date = 1 August 1955 (aged 55)<ref>''New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007''</ref> |death_place = Auckland, New Zealand<ref>''New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966''</ref> |height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|90|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = Newton Rangers |year1start = 1919 |year1end = 21 |appearances1 = 24 |tries1 = 1 |goals1 = 40 |fieldgoals1 = 2 |points1 = 87 |club2 = Maritime XIII (Guest) |year2start = 1920 |year2end = |appearances2 = 1 |tries2 = 1 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 3 |club3 = {{nowrap|Athletic/Grafton Athletic}} |year3start = 1922 |year3end = 26 |appearances3 = 50 |tries3 = 24 |goals3 = 89 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 250 |club4 = Newton Rangers |year4start = 1927 |year4end = 29 |appearances4 = 31 |tries4 = 4 |goals4 = 72 |fieldgoals4 = 1 |points4 = 158 |club5 = Ellerslie |year5start = 1929 |year5end = 30 |appearances5 = 13 |tries5 = 0 |goals5 = 15 |fieldgoals5 = 0 |points5 = 30 |club6 = Ellerslie-Otahuhu |year6start = 1931 |year6end = |appearances6 = 5 |tries6 = 1 |goals6 = 5 |fieldgoals6 = 0 |points6 = 13 |club7 = City Rovers |year7start = 1936 |year7end = |appearances7 = 10 |tries7 = 1 |goals7 = 22 |fieldgoals7 = 1 |points7 = 49 |teamA = Returned Soldiers |yearAstart = 1919 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 1 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 |teamB = Auckland |yearBstart = 1919 |yearBend = 30 |appearancesB = 27 |triesB = 14 |goalsB = 62 |fieldgoalsB = 2 |pointsB = 170 |teamC = New Zealand |yearCstart = 1919 |yearCend = 30 |appearancesC = 51 |triesC = 5 |goalsC = 111 |fieldgoalsC = 1 |pointsC = 239 |teamD = Auckland B |yearDstart = 1921 |yearDend = |appearancesD = 1 |triesD = 0 |goalsD = 3 |fieldgoalsD = 0 |pointsD = 6 |teamE = Auckland Province |yearEstart = 1922 |yearEend = 28 |appearancesE = 3 |triesE = 0 |goalsE = 6 |fieldgoalsE = 0 |pointsE = 12 |teamF = New Zealand Māori |yearFstart = 1922 |yearFend = |appearancesF = 8 |triesF = 2 |goalsF = 15 |fieldgoalsF = 0 |pointsF = 36 |teamG = North Island |yearGstart = 1925 |yearGend = 30 |appearancesG = 5 |triesG = 0 |goalsG = 14 |fieldgoalsG = 0 |pointsG = 28 |teamH = New Zealand XIII |yearHstart = 1928 |yearHend = |appearancesH = 1 |triesH = 0 |goalsH = 2 |fieldgoalsH = 1 |pointsH = 6 |updated = |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/craddick-dufty/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> |new = yes }}
'''Calvin Thomas Craddock Dufty''' (10 March 1900 – 1 August 1955) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/>
Dufty was born to Samuel and Emily (née Bennett). Dufty's siblings were: Louisa Esther (1901-26), Annie Elizabeth (1902-62), Jessie May (1909-37), and Gwendoline Pearl (1919-90), a brother Cecil Charles who died in infancy (1905), and brothers Thomas Joseph (1899-1949), Samuel Craddock (1911-79), and Arthur James (1911-89).<ref name="Ancestry">{{cite news | title =Calvin Thomas Craddock Dufty | publisher = Ancestry.com }}</ref> During World War I, Dufty served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, embarking in 1916 when aged 16.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C67932 |title=Craddock Dufty |via=Online Cenotaph |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |access-date=8 July 2022}}</ref> {{Moresources|section|date=August 2023}} On June 2, 1921 Dufty married Ethel May Gerraty.<ref name="Ancestry"/>
thumb|left|Dufty, 7th from the left in the NZ Māori team to play Auckland at Carlaw Park on 20 May 1922.thumb|left|Dufty in the #1 jersey for the 1st test v England in 1924.thumb|left|NZ 1st test team to play England at Carlaw Park on 4 August 1928.Dufty played in the Auckland Rugby League competition for Newton Rangers (1919-21, & 1927-29), Athletic/Grafton Athletic (1922-26), and Ellerslie United (1929-30).<ref name=akl100>Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009; {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}</ref><ref name=roh>[http://www.ellerslieleague.co.nz/?page_id=24 Kiwi Representatives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208033745/http://www.ellerslieleague.co.nz/?page_id=24 |date=2013-02-08}} ''elleslieleague.co.nz''</ref><ref>Ellerslie Eagles Centenary Celebrations Soar ''NZ League'', Issue 3 July/August 2012, p.p. 44-45</ref>thumb|Dufty in the 1922 Auckland Province team to play New South Wales at the Auckland Domain
In 1919, aged 19, Dufty made his debut for Auckland, starring in the regions 37-13 defence of the Northern Union Cup against Hawke's Bay.<ref name=nzm100>{{cite book | last =John Coffey, Bernie Wood | title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008 | publisher =Huia Publishers | date = 2008 | pages = 69–70 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC | isbn =978-1-86969-331-2}}</ref> His performance earned him selection during the 1919 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand for the New Zealand national rugby league team that hosted matches against the Australia national rugby league team for their first tour.
In 1922, he toured Australia with the New Zealand Māori side. He played in five inter-island games for the North Island, his last being in 1930.<ref name=nzm100/>
In 1922 and in 1924, he played for both Auckland and Auckland Province. In 1922, his appearances were against the touring New South Wales team, while in 1924 his appearances were against the touring Great Britain Lions. He was part of the disastrous 1926-27 New Zealand tour of Great Britain, which resulted in several forwards going on strike and receiving life bans.thumb|The NZ team to tour England and Wales with Craddock Dufty, second row from the bottom in the centre (21).thumb|Dufty 4th from the left in the back row of the champion Newton side of 1927. In 1928, he again played the touring Lions, representing both Auckland City and Auckland Province, as well as New Zealand. thumb|Dufty on the outside supporting Hec Brisbane in the 3rd test against England in 1928 in Christchurch.He transferred to Ellerslie after moving to the area during 1929 after playing several games for Newton during the season. thumb|Lining up a penalty kick for Auckland Northland in 1930. It hit both posts before going over.Dufty finished his career with a then-record 224 points for New Zealand, including 106 goals.<ref name=nzm100/> He played in twelve test matches, scoring 41 points.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
left|250pxOn 1 August 1955, Craddock Dufty died while at Auckland Public Hospital. His wife was Ethel May had died on 9 June 1953. Dufty was buried at Waikumete Cemetery on August 3, 1955. He was survived by three children: June, Moira Coral Dufty (1928-86), and Craddock Samuel Albert Dufty (1938-2020).<ref>{{cite news | title =Mr C. Dufty | page = 9 | publisher = Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27728 | date = 4 August 1955 | url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19550804.2.59 | accessdate = 20 October 2022}}</ref>
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