John Steeds (rugby union)

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.

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.

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.