Nigel Watts
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Nigel Watts
|fullname = Nigel Kevin Watts
|birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1995|02|17|1919|10|21|df=y}}
|death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|position = {{Rlp|CE}}
|club1 = St. George
|year1start = 1944
|year1end = 45
|appearances1 = 14
|tries1 = 1
|goals1 = 10
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 23
|teamA = NSW Country
|yearAstart = 1946
|yearAend =
|appearancesA = 1
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 1
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 2
|updated = 7 August 2019
}}
Nigel Kevin Watts (21 October 1919 – February 17, 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. {{ISBN|1875169571}}
Playing career
Watts was a schoolboy rugby union standout at St Joseph's College, going on to star for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union club before embarking on a brief rugby league career at St. George during World War II.DAILY TELEGRAPH (Sydney) "Watts succeeds at R.L. Trial with St. GEORGE" 3 April 1944 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248898100?searchTerm=%22nigel%20watts%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194|||l-year=1944 Since he had never played rugby league before, the residential rule did not apply to Watts, who was a resident of Bondi at the time. Watts served in the Australian Army during his time at the Saints,WW2 Nominal Roll(Nigel Watts) http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=374303. After being discharged from the Army, he transitioned to a captain-coach role in the Illawarra competition in 1946. He represented a combined South Coast Division representative team that defeated the touring Great Britain national rugby league team 15–12 at Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 June 1946.Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 3 June 1946(Country Team Shock Win Over Englishmen) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248504218?searchTerm=%22nigel%20watts%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194|||l-year=1946
Death
Watts died in Sydney on 17 February 1995 SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Death Notice 20 February 1995
References
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Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:Country New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Australian military personnel of World War II
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