Gerry Helme
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Full name | Gerard J. Helme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leigh district, England | 4 April 1923|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 December 1981 Leigh district, England | (aged 58)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerard "Gerry" J. Helme (4 April 1923 – 19 December 1981) was an English professional
Background
Helme's birth was registered in Leigh, Lancashire,[7] he was a pupil of St. Joseph’s school, Leigh, and he died aged 58.
Playing career
Helme made his début for
Helme represented
Helme won caps for England while at Warrington in 1948 against Wales, France, in 1949 against Wales, France, in 1953 against France,[2] and won caps for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1948 against Australia (3 matches), in 1954 against Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against France (2 matches), Australia, New Zealand. He also helped Great Britain to victory by scoring the match-winning try in the first ever World Cup Final in 1954.[3]
Helme played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 2 February 1957 (Heritage № 457).[citation needed]
Post-playing
After retiring from playing, Gerry Helme had coaching roles with
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Rugby League Records".
- ^ "Hall of Fame (archived)". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "History of Warrington Rugby League Club". britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1948-1949 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1950-1951 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Mud, blood and memories of the day when 102,575 made history at Odsal". independent.co.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) Gerry Helme at warringtonwolves.org
- (archived by archive.is) U.K. League hooker in Doubt
- Warrington's World Cup heroes - Gerry Helme