Jock Butterfield

Jock Butterfield
Personal information
Full nameJohn Rutherford Butterfield[1]
Born(1932-01-18)18 January 1932
Taylorville, New Zealand
Died14 February 2004(2004-02-14) (aged 72)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
PositionHooker, Second-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–?? Brunner
1953–57 Sydenham
1958–63 Brunner
1964 Manly-Warringah 10 0 0 0 0
1965 Leeton
1966–69 Mount Isa
1970–72 Cloncurry
Total 10 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1953–57 Canterbury
1953–62 South Island
1954–63 New Zealand 36 7 0 0 21
1958–63 West Coast
Source: [2]
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John Rutherford "Jock" Butterfield (18 January 1932 – 14 February 2004) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s.[2] He was named amongst the finest that New Zealand produced during the 20th century.[3] A New Zealand international representative forward, he played his club football in various places in New Zealand, New South Wales and Queensland. Butterfield held the record for most test caps for the New Zealand national team until overtaken by Gary Freeman. In 2007 he was named at hooker in New Zealand's rugby league team of the century.

  1. ^ NZRL, ujwal; John Marinford. "Jock Butterfield" (PDF). Legends of League. nzrl.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ NZRL (1 December 2007). "Mark Graham named New Zealand's player of the century". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2009.