{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Deon Bird |fullname = |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|27|df=y}} |birth_place = Australia |death_date = |height = |weight = |position = {{Rlp|FB|CE|LF|WG}} |club1 = {{nowrap|Paris Saint-Germain}} |year1start = 1996 |year1end = 97 |appearances1 = 37 |tries1 = 16 |goals1 = 2 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 68 |club2 = Adelaide Rams |year2start = 1998 |year2end = |appearances2 = 14 |tries2 = 6 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 24 |club3 = Gateshead Thunder |year3start = 1999 |year3end = |appearances3 = 22 |tries3 = 13 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 52 |club4 = Hull FC |year4start = 2000 |year4end = 02 |appearances4 = 67 |tries4 = 25 |goals4 = 0 |fieldgoals4 = 0 |points4 = 100 |club5 = {{nowrap|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats}} |year5start = 2002 |year5end = |appearances5 = 11 |tries5 = 1 |goals5 = 0 |fieldgoals5 = 0 |points5 = 4 |club6 = Widnes Vikings |year6start = 2003 |year6end = 04 |appearances6 = 49 |tries6 = 10 |goals6 = 0 |fieldgoals6 = 0 |points6 = 40 |club7 = Castleford Tigers |year7start = 2005 |year7end = 06 |appearances7 = 46 |tries7 = 15 |goals7 = 0 |fieldgoals7 = 0 |points7 = 60 |new = yes |retired = yes |updated = 25 November 2008 |source =<ref name="Statistics at loverugbyleague.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/deon-bird-/|title=Statistics at loverugbyleague.com|publisher=loverugbyleague.com|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219184027/https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/deon-bird-/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/deon-bird/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=31 December 2018|access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011-12|publisher=League Publications Limited|isbn=978-1-901347-24-1|author=Tim Butcher|author2=Daniel Spencer|date=November 2011}}</ref> }}
'''Deon Bird''' (born 27 January 1976) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Paris Saint-Germain, the Adelaide Rams, Gateshead Thunder, Hull F.C., the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the Widnes Vikings and the Castleford Tigers, as a {{rlp|fb}} or {{rlp|ce}}.<ref name="Statistics at loverugbyleague.com"/><ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/><ref>David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport – Castleford Rugby League – A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0752418957}}</ref><ref name="Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|title=Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)|date=31 December 2013|access-date=1 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084010/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=148|title=Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk|date=31 December 2013|access-date=1 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610185322/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=148|archive-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=Bird Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv] * (archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064152/http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/profile/202530/deon-bird Statistics at hullfc.com] *[http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?s=true&c=Deon%20Bird Deon Bird Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird, Deon}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Adelaide Rams players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Castleford Tigers players Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in France Category:Gateshead Thunder (1999) players Category:Hull F.C. players Category:Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League players Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Rugby league centres Category:Rugby league fullbacks Category:Wakefield Trinity players Category:Widnes Vikings players