Victor Simpson

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Victor Simpson

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| birth_name = Victor Lenard James Simpson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|02|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gisborne, New Zealand

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| position = Centre

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = New Zealand Colts

| repteam2 = New Zealand Māori

| repteam3 = NZ Universities

| repteam4 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repcaps1 = 3

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| repcaps3 = 1

| repcaps4 = 2

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| repyears1 = 1980

| repyears2 = 1981–82

| repyears3 = 1982

| repyears4 = 1985

| province1 = Poverty Bay

| province2 = Canterbury

| provinceyears1 = 1979

| provinceyears2 = 1980–90

| provinceapps1 = 3

| provinceapps2 = 118

| provincepoints1 =

| relatives = Stephen Brett (stepson)

| school = Gisborne Boys' High School

| university = University of Canterbury

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Victor Lenard James Simpson (born 26 February 1960) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Simpson represented Poverty Bay briefly and then Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1985. He played four matches for the All Blacks including two internationals against Argentina.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=794 |title = Victor Simpson | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Museum | access-date = 19 July 2014}}

Simpson is the stepfather of rugby player Stephen Brett.{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10511747 |title=Rugby: Poster boy dismisses any talk of All Black jersey |date=21 May 2008 |first=Wynne |last=Gray |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=18 April 2020}}