Jim Watt (rugby union)

Jim Watt

Watt in 1936
Birth name	James Michael Watt
Date of birth	(1914-07-05)5 July 1914
Place of birth	Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death	17 September 1988(1988-09-17) (aged 74)
Place of death	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
School	Wellington College
University	University of Otago
Notable relative(s)	Michael Watt (father) Colin McCahon (cousin)
Occupation(s)	Professor of paediatrics
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–36 Otago () 1937 Wellington 1 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1936 New Zealand 2 (6) 1936 NZ Universities

James Michael Watt (5 July 1914 – 17 September 1988) was a New Zealand rugby union player and medical academic. He was New Zealand's first professor of paediatrics, appointed at the University of Otago in 1967.