Jock Butterfield

Jock Butterfield
Personal information
Full nameJohn Rutherford Butterfield
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
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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. He was named amongst the finest that New Zealand produced during the 20th century. 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.

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