# Johnny Simpson

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{{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](/source/Rotorua), New Zealand
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2010|11|17|1922|3|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [Wellington](/source/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](/source/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](/source/rugby_league) for the [Marist](/source/Marist_Saints) club in the [Auckland Rugby League](/source/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>

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

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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
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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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