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John Atkinson

Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
John Barry Atkinson
Born
Thursday, 3rd October, 1946
Died
Saturday, 23rd December, 2017 (Aged 71 years and 81 days)
Place Of Birth
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Competitions Won

The Ashes
1970
World Cup
1972
Test Series
1970 New Zealand vs Great Britain, 1980 Great Britain vs New Zealand
European Championship
1969/70, 1974/75, 1977/78
Yorkshire Cup
1980/81

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 38 - 38 19---19 - - - - 57 - - - 26 9 3 68.42% List
Other International Matches - - 1 1 ----- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
The Ashes 1 7 - 7 3---3 - - - - 9 - - - 4 3 - 57.14% List
World Cup 1 14 - 14 6---6 - - - - 18 - - - 9 3 2 64.29% List
Tour Matches Leeds RhinosLEE - 3 - 3 ----- - - - - - - - - - 3 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches Great BritainGBR - 44 - 44 34---34 - - - - 102 - - - 36 6 2 81.82% List
Tour Matches EnglandENG - 6 1 7 5---5 - - - - 15 - - - 4 2 1 57.14% List
Test Series 3 12 - 12 6---6 - - - - 18 - - - 9 3 - 75.00% List
European Championship 3 7 - 7 5---5 - - - - 15 - - - 5 1 1 71.43% List
Club Career - UK   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
English Championship - 52 1 53 13---13 - - - - 39 - - - 26 27 - 49.06% List
Premiership Trophy - 1 - 1 ----- - - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Challenge Cup - 6 - 6 4---4 - - - - 12 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
Regal Trophy - 1 1 2 ----- - - - - - - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
Yorkshire Cup 1 6 - 6 3---3 - - - - 9 - - - 5 1 - 83.33% List
UK Top Division - 52 1 53 13---13 - - - - 39 - - - 26 27 - 49.06% List
UK Second Division - 2 - 2 -1--1 - - - - 4 - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  137 3 140 661--67 - - - - 202 - - - 86 50 4 61.43% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Great Britain 1968, 1970-73, 1978, 1980   26 - 26 12---12 - - - - 36 - - - 19 6 1 73.08% List
England 1968-70, 1975, 1978   12 - 12 7---7 - - - - 21 - - - 7 3 2 58.33% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
England 1968-1975   - 1 1 ----- - - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Great Britain 1968, 1970, 1972   10 - 10 5---5 - - - - 15 - - - 7 2 1 70.00% List
England 1968-1975   4 - 4 1---1 - - - - 3 - - - 2 1 1 50.00% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
LeedsLeeds 1977/78   - - 0----- - - - - - - - - - - - - List
LeedsLeeds 1979/80   - - 0----- - - - - - - - - - - - - List
LeedsLeeds 1980/81   27 - 279---9 - - - - 27 - - - 16 11 - 59.26% List
LeedsLeeds 1981/82   22 1 238---8 - - - - 24 - - - 16 7 - 69.57% List
CarlisleCarlisle 1982/83   17 1 183---3 - - - - 9 - - - 2 16 - 11.11% List
CarlisleCarlisle 1983/84   2 - 2-1--1 - - - - 4 - - - - 2 - 0.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 4ST 3PT 4PT T G1FG 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Leeds 1980-81   49 1 50 17---17 - - - - 51 - - - 32 18 - 64.00% List
Carlisle 1982-83   19 1 20 31--4 - - - - 13 - - - 2 18 - 10.00% List

Your Say

  • John Hirst
    30 Aug 2009 7:49pm

    Still the best winger for me.

  • Anonymous
    4 Apr 2024 9:15pm

    one of the best wingers in rugbyleague for over ten years in his era or any era from a late sixties and seventies rugbyleague fan

  • Anonymous
    12 Apr 2024 8:54pm

    john atkinson finest attacking winger of the 1970s rugbyleague fan of the ;late 1960s and 70s

  • Anonymous
    12 Jul 2024 8:49pm

    john atkinson was without question one of the best wingers in rugbyleague for more than ten years in his era a top level performer with total confidence in his ability is ther any one who is giong to write abook about this player it.s long overdue from a leeds fan of the late 60s and seventies some one write a book it will make for good reading

  • Anonymous
    4 Feb 2025 9:14pm

    some one write a book about one of the best wings in rugbyleague for more than ten years in the late 1960s and 1970s by gum speed skill dedication were his strengths

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Derek Farrar

Sources: RFL Player Registers, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club