Claude Dempsey

{{Short description|New Zealand international rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}

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|name = Claude Dempsey

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|image = Claude Dempsey.png

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|position = {{rlp|FB}}

|birth_date = 1913

|birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

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|weight = {{convert|67|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|club1 = Newton Rangers (ARL)

|year1start = 1930

|year1end = 40

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|tries1 = 4

|goals1 = 65

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|points1 = 144

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|yearAstart = 1932

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|teamC = Auckland A

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|teamD = Auckland Province

|yearDstart = 1935

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|teamE = North Island

|yearEstart = 1936

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|teamG = Auckland Pakehā

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|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}}

File:Dempsey v Devonport.png

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