Harry Atkinson (rugby union)

{{short description|NZ international rugby union player}}

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| birth_name = Henry James Atkinson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|06|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Greymouth, New Zealand

| death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|07|21|1888|06|22|df=yes}}

| ru_position = Lock

| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| repcaps1 = 1

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| repyears1 = 1913

| province1 = West Coast

| province2 = Otago

| provinceyears1 = 1911–13

| provinceyears2 = 1913–14

| provinceapps1 = 7

| provinceapps2 = 11

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Henry James Atkinson (22 June 1888 – 21 July 1949) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Atkinson represented West Coast and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=26 |title = Harry Atkinson | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Museum | accessdate = 20 July 2014}}

Atkinson died in Dunedin in 1949 and was buried at the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=89942&type=Burial |title=Cemeteries search |date= |website= |publisher=Dunedin City Council |accessdate=20 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221113/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=89942&type=Burial |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}