Johnny Simpson

{{short description|NZ international rugby union & league player (1922-2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Johnny Simpson | image = Johnny Simpson 1949.jpg | caption = Simpson in 1949 | birth_name = John George Simpson | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|3|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|11|17|1922|3|18|df=y}} | death_place = Wellington, New Zealand | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | weight = {{convert|95|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | ru_position = Prop | repyears1 = 1947–1950 | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repcaps1 = 30 | reppoints1 = 6 | website = }}

'''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.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/nov/19/johnny-simpson-all-black All Black legend Johnny Simpson dies], ''The Guardian'', 19 November 2010.</ref>

Simpson started his footballing career playing rugby league for the Marist club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.<ref name=akl100>Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}, p. 126.</ref>

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==External links== *[http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=793 All Blacks Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Johnny}} Category:1922 births Category:2010 deaths Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen Category:Marist Saints players Category:New Zealand Army personnel Category:New Zealand international rugby union players Category:New Zealand people of World War II Category:New Zealand rugby league players Category:New Zealand rugby union players Category:Ponsonby RFC players Category:Rugby league players from Rotorua Category:Rugby union players from Rotorua Category:Rugby union props

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