| John Steeds | |
| Full Name: | John Harold Steeds |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, London, England |
| Death Place: | Sussex, England |
| School: | St Edward's School |
| University: | St Catharine's College |
| Position: | Hooker |
| Repyears1: | 1949–50 |
| Repcaps1: | 5 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Harold Steeds MBE (27 September 1916 – 9 May 2009) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Edmonton, London, Steeds was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford.[1]
Steeds played his rugby as a hooker and started out in senior rugby at Saracens as a 17-year old. He was a Lieutenant-Surgeon in the Royal Navy during the war, serving on the HMS Vansittart and HMS Ruler. A Cambridge rugby blue, Steeds was capped five times for England across the 1949 and 1950 Five Nations Championships.[2]
A graduate of St Catharine's College, Steeds settled in Colchester after completing his medical training and took over a practice on Maldon Road. He was awarded an MBE in 1986 for services to the community.[3]