George Adkins

George Adkins

Adkins in 1935
Birth name	George Thomas Augustus Adkins
Date of birth	(1910-08-21)21 August 1910
Place of birth	Timaru, New Zealand
Date of death	24 May 1976(1976-05-24) (aged 65)
Place of death	Timaru, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Occupation(s)	Draper; Civil Service; Air Force
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–36 New Zealand 0 (0)

George Thomas Adkins passport application (1935)

George Thomas Augustus Adkins (21 August 1910 – 24 May 1976) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Adkins represented South Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1935 to 1936. He never played a full test but was part of the 1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada playing against local sides.

A draper before serving with the RNZAF in the Pacific during World War II, Adkins was subsequently a senior civil servant with the Department of Labour.

Adkins died in Timaru on 24 May 1976.