Kenneth Rollin
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| Full name | Kenneth Rollin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1937 Sharlston Common, Wakefield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 0 lb (76 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth "Ken" Rollin (born 3 December 1937) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 624) and Leeds (Heritage No.) as a stand-off or scrum-half, i.e. number 6, or 7.
Background
Rollin was born in Sharlston Common, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
Championship final appearances
Ken Rollin played
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Ken Rollin played stand-off and scored the second fastest try ever in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London in the 38–5 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959–60 Challenge Cup Final during the 1959–60 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 14 May 1960.[2]
County Cup Final appearances
Ken Rollin played scrum-half in Wakefield Trinity's 23–5 victory over Hunslet in the 1956–57 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1956, played scrum-half in the 20–24 defeat by Leeds in the 1958–59 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1958–59 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 18 October 1958, and played scrum-half in the 16–10 victory over Huddersfield in the 1960–61 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1960–61 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 29 October 1960.[2]
Notable tour matches
Ken Rollin played stand-off and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 17–12 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Monday 10 December 1956.[2]
Contemporaneous Article Extract
"Outlines - Ken Rollin The first round of a Yorkshire County Cup competition is a testing occasion indeed on which to make a senior début, but such was Ken Rollin's introduction to Trinity's first team, against Leeds at Headingley on 27 August 1955. The opposition scrum-half was international Jeff Stevenson - but Ken's display was a most satisfactory one and there was a try for him too as some reward. He went on to make twenty-four appearances in that season and has been a regular member ever since, mostly at scrum-half. Ken is one of many players who began their career in the Wakefield Schools R.L. He was a member of the Technical School teams and Wakefield City Boys' team. He joined our own Trinity Juniors side from which he was signed, at seventeen, by Trinity in April 1955. Although he was named as a reserve for the 1957 World Cup party, and has several times been named as Yorkshire County reserve half-back, he still awaits his first representative match. He was named in Yorkshire's side, alongside Keith Holliday, in 1957, but illness prevented the appearance of this Trinity partnership. In recent times he has occupied the stand-off half berth and has proved himself to be equally at home in that position. His utility value is therefore a great one and, at still only twenty-two years of age, he has much promise for Trinity's fortunes in the future. He has, behind him, the experience of 151 games for Trinity, including appearances at Wembley, in the last N.R.L Final, and in the 1956 and 1958 Yorkshire County Cup Finals."[3]
Outside of Rugby League
Ken Rollin was a commentator for a United States television broadcaster for
He was employed in his youth in the mining department at Richard Sutcliffe Ltd near Wakefield and a member of the
Ken lives in Middlestown, Wakefield, and is member of the Wakefield Chantry Rotary Club.
References
- ^ "1959-1960 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ ISBN 1-85983-429-9
- ^ Lindley, John (27 August 1960). Wakefield Trinity RLFC Official Programme: Halifax. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) When Wakefield youngsters beat the Australians – Ken Rollin remembers
- Search for "Rollin" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Ray French selects his top 10 Challenge Cup final tries. - No 8: Ken Rollin, Wakefield Trinity v Hull, 1960
- A .ram (Real Audio Metadata) file of Ken scoring the fastest try in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in Wakefield Trinity's 35–5 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1960 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on 14 May 1960
- [permanent dead link] ĎŔƑ Trinity win in South Africa
- This Sporting Life (1963)
- Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield
- Wakefield And Leeds Legends To Be Honoured[permanent dead link]
- Rugby legend speaks at the UK Stroke Forum
- Speakability Group Talk - Spring 2008 Edition
- Rugby legend gets Cherie on his side
- Club brightens up health centre
- Rugby League Cup Final 1960
- Search for "Kenneth Rollin" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
- Search for "Ken Rollin" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk