Johnny Simpson

{{short description|NZ international rugby union & league player (1922-2010)}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}

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| name = Johnny Simpson

| image = Johnny Simpson 1949.jpg

| image_size = 240px

| caption = Simpson in 1949

| birth_name = John George Simpson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|3|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|11|17|1922|3|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| height = {{height|m=1.83}}

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

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| ru_position = Prop

| repyears1 = 1947–1950

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repcaps1 = 30

| reppoints1 = 6

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John George "Johnny" Simpson (18 March 1922 – 17 November 2010) was a New Zealand rugby union player. During his career he played as a prop.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/nov/19/johnny-simpson-all-black All Black legend Johnny Simpson dies], The Guardian, 19 November 2010.

Simpson started his footballing career playing rugby league for the Marist club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}, p. 126.