Henry Atkinson (rugby player)

Harry Atkinson

Birth name	Henry James Atkinson
Date of birth	(1888-06-22)22 June 1888
Place of birth	Greymouth, New Zealand
Date of death	21 July 1949(1949-07-21) (aged 61)
Place of death	Dunedin, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock All Black No. 173 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1911–13 1913–14 West Coast Otago 7 11 () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1913  New Zealand 1 (0)

Henry James "Harry" Atkinson (22 June 1888 – 21 July 1949) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Atkinson represented West Coast and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international.^[1]

Atkinson died in Dunedin in 1949 and was buried at the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.^[2]

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