Jim Moffitt | |
Birth Name: | James Edward Moffitt |
Birth Date: | 30 June 1887 |
Birth Place: | Waikaia, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Lock |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Weight: | 95 kg |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1920–1921 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 3 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1910–1926 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 42 |
Occupation: | Hotelkeeper |
James Edward Moffitt (30 June 1887 – 16 March 1964) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Moffitt represented at a provincial level either side of World War II, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1920 and 1921. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals.[1]
During World War I, Moffitt served in the Auckland Infantry Regiment and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He was a member of the New Zealand Division rugby team in the Somme Cup tournament in France in 1917. Following the war, he was a member of the New Zealand Army team that won the King's Cup in 1919 against other British Empire teams, and then toured South Africa.[1]
A hotelkeeper, Moffitt died in Auckland on 16 March 1964, and was buried at Waikumete Cemetery.[1] [2]