John B. Atkinson is an English rugby union and Rugby League World Cup winning rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Roundhay RUFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Leeds, and Carlisle, as a Left-Wing, i.e. number 5.
Atkinson played in four Rugby League World Cups (1968, 1970, 1972 and 1975), scoring six tries in total.
Atkinson began his competitive career for Leeds in 1966 and finally left to become player/coach of Carlisle in 1983 within these years he had amassed 401 competition tries, 340 for Leeds and 61 for Carlisle.
John Atkinson's testimonial match at Leeds took place in 1976.
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