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| Full name | Donald Parkinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1936 or 1937 (age 87–88) Huntly, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Don Parkinson is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1968.
Playing career
From Huntly, Parkinson played for the Taniwharau Rugby League Club and represented Waikato. A hooker, Parkinson represented the Kiwis in 1968.
Later years
In 2005 Parkinson was fined and sentenced to 400 hours' community work after he had mistakenly shot another hunter while out deer hunting.
References
- Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- Past Kiwis Caps P Archived 2014-10-29 at archive.today nzrl.co.nz
- Huntly's rugby league legends go on parade stuff.co.nz, 8 December 2008
- Hunter escapes prison after shooting accident nzherald.co.nz, 17 June 2005