William John Penny (15 November 1856 – 17 December 1904) was an English international rugby union player.
Penny came from the village of Kingsbury Episcopi in Somerset.
A fullback, Penny played rugby for King's College London and in 1878 made his England debut against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. He was capped a further two times for England.
Penny was a member of the founding committee of the Middlesex RFU in 1879. He was playing for United Hospitals at this time and in the early 1880s joined Clifton RFC after becoming a consulting surgeon at Bristol General Hospital.
While on the SS Langdale in 1904, Penny fell ill and died off the coast of Mombasa.
See also List of England national rugby union players
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