Alf Middleton
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Middleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | unknown Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred "Alf" Middleton (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Salford (captain c. 1929–30 season), as a second-row.[2]
Playing career
Salford
Middleton had previously played
Coventry RFC before switching to rugby league and joining Salford.[5] He debuted for the club in November 1928.[6]
Alf Middleton was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "
Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joe Bradbury, Bob Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Bert Day, Cliff Evans, Jack Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Sammy Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Les Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins and Billy Williams.[7]
Middleton played right-
Championship Final during the 1933–34 season Final at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.[8]
About Alf Middleton's time, there was
on Saturday 17 October 1936.International honours
Alf Middleton won a cap for England while at Salford in 1931 against Wales,[3] and won a cap for Great Britain while at Salford in 1929 against Australia.[4]
References
- ISBN 978-0-7524-2196-4.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Alf Middleton". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 9 August 1946. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History & Heritage". Salford Red Devils. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "The story of The Original Red Devils". reds.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1933-1934 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2012.