Dot Simons

{{short description|New Zealand sportswoman, sports journalist, and writer}}

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Dorothy Edith Simons {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (née Nash, 16 February 1912 – 13 September 1996) was a notable New Zealand sportswoman, sports journalist and writer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228764.html|title=Obituaries in 1996|date=6 December 2005|website=Wisden}} She was born in Greymouth, New Zealand, in 1912.{{DNZB|title=Dorothy Edith Simons|first= Peter|last= Devlin|id=5s18|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to youth and sport, in the 1974 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=46163 |date=1 January 1974 |page=36 |supp=2}}