Jim Amos

James Ernest Amos (1907–1981) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach who represented New Zealand and coached them, including at the 1954 World Cup.

Amos first played first grade for Addington in 1925 in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury in 1927. He spent the 1928 season with the City Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition and played for Auckland.

Amos returned to Christchurch in 1929, re-joining the Addington club. Amos was captain of Canterbury between 1929 and 1935 and also captained the South Island from 1929 to 1932 and again in 1934.

Amos coached Canterbury between 1946 and 1955, the South Island between 1936 and 1939 and 1947 to 1955 and New Zealand between 1952 and 1954. Amos coached New Zealand at the inaugural World Cup in 1954.

In 1952 Amos was a founding member of Christchurch Marist (know now as Marist-Western) and coached the club in 1952.

Amos was awarded the New Zealand Rugby League Distinguished Service Award in 1980.

Amos died in Paraparaumu in 1981.