Claude Dempsey
{{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 = Claude Dempsey
|fullname =
|nickname =
|image = Claude Dempsey.png
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|country =
|position = {{rlp|FB}}
|birth_date = 1913
|birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
|height =
|weight = {{convert|67|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1 = Newton Rangers (ARL)
|year1start = 1930
|year1end = 40
|appearances1 =
|tries1 = 4
|goals1 = 65
|fieldgoals1 = 1
|points1 = 144
|teamA = Auckland
|yearAstart = 1932
|yearAend = 39
|appearancesA = 10
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 2
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 4
|teamB = Auckland B
|yearBstart = 1935
|yearBend =
|appearancesB = 1
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 1
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 2
|teamC = Auckland A
|yearCstart = 1935
|yearCend =
|appearancesC = 1
|triesC = 0
|goalsC = 0
|fieldgoalsC = 0
|pointsC = 0
|teamD = Auckland Province
|yearDstart = 1935
|yearDend =
|appearancesD = 1
|triesD = 0
|goalsD = 0
|fieldgoalsD = 0
|pointsD = 0
|teamE = North Island
|yearEstart = 1936
|yearEend =
|appearancesE = 1
|triesE = 0
|goalsE = 0
|fieldgoalsE = 0
|pointsE = 0
|teamF = New Zealand
|yearFstart = 1936
|yearFend =
|appearancesF = 1
|triesF = 0
|goalsF = 0
|fieldgoalsF = 0
|pointsF = 0
|teamG = Auckland Pakehā
|yearGstart = 1939
|yearGend = 40
|appearancesG = 2
|triesG = 0
|goalsG = 1
|fieldgoalsG = 0
|pointsG = 2
|updated =
|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers|title=Papers Past|accessdate=29 August 2021}}{{Full citation needed|date=August 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Claude-Dempsey/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
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Claude Dempsey was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
Playing career
Dempsey played in the Auckland Rugby League competition at {{rlp|FB}}.[http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=D&id=246 DEMPSEY, Claude 1936 - Kiwi #246] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423080325/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=D&id=246 |date=2012-04-23}} nzleague.co.nz An Auckland representative, Dempsey played for New Zealand in one Test, starting at Fullback against the touring England team on 15 August 1936.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19360817.2.93 |title=Rugby League: Final Test Match |newspaper=Southland Times |date=17 August 1936 |issue=22970 |page=11 |via=Papers Past |access-date=7 August 2024}}
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Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:Newton Rangers players
Category:Place of birth missing