Jim Moffitt

New Zealand rugby union player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNew Zealand rugby union player
wasAthlete Rugby union player Military personnel
Work fieldMilitary Sports
Gender
Male
Birth30 June 1887
Death16 March 1964 (aged 76 years)
Star signCancer
The details

Biography

James Edward Moffitt (30 June 1887 – 16 March 1964) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Moffitt represented Wellington at a provincial level either side of World War II, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1920 and 1921. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals.

During World War I, Moffitt served in the Auckland Infantry Regiment and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He was a member of the New Zealand Division rugby team in the Somme Cup tournament in France in 1917. Following the war, he was a member of the New Zealand Army team that won the King's Cup in 1919 against other British Empire teams, and then toured South Africa.

A hotelkeeper, Moffitt died in Auckland on 16 March 1964, and was buried at Waikumete Cemetery.

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