Claude Dempsey

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Claude Dempsey
Personal information
BornNew Zealand
Weight13 st 6 lb (188 lb; 85 kg)
Playing information
Position Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1930–40 Newton Rangers (ARL)4651144
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1932–39 Auckland 100204
1935 Auckland B 10102
1935 Auckland A 10000
1935 Auckland Province 10000
1936North Island10000
1936 New Zealand 10000
1939–40 Auckland Pakehā 20102

Claude Dempsey was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Dempsey played in the Auckland Rugby League competition at Fullback. [3] An Auckland representative, Dempsey played for New Zealand in one Test, starting at Fullback against the touring England team on 15 August 1936. [4]

Dempsey being tackled in a match for Newton Rangers against Devonport United in May, 1935. Dempsey v Devonport.png
Dempsey being tackled in a match for Newton Rangers against Devonport United in May, 1935.

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References

  1. "Papers Past" . Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. DEMPSEY, Claude 1936 - Kiwi #246 Archived 2012-04-23 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  4. "Rugby League: Final Test Match". Southland Times. No. 22970. 17 August 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 7 August 2024 via Papers Past.