Tommy Harris (rugby)
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Full name | Percival Thomas Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 June 1927 Crumlin, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 September 2006 York, England | (aged 79)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percival Thomas Harris (5 June 1927 – 27 September 2006), also known by the
Background
Harris was born in Crumlin, in Monmouthshire, and he died aged 79 in York, North Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
In 1949 four players left the Newbridge club to play professional rugby league football in the 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season: Harris and Bill Hopkins[5][6] to Hull FC, Granville James to Hunslet and Glyn Meredith to Wakefield Trinity.[7] He went on to gain selection to play international matches for Wales as well. Harris was selected to play for Great Britain in the inaugural Rugby League World Cup, the 1954 tournament.
Harris played
During the
Harris played over 400 games for Hull FC, in the position of hooker, up to his retirement in 1962, when he became a coach of York.
Coaching career
Harris coached the York club for 11 years,[3] and was also a director of York Rugby League Football Club from 1966 until 1987.
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ISBN 0951119001
- ^ a b "Profile at hullfc.com (archived by web.archive.org)". hullfc.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Great Britain Hooker Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Past players at hullfc.com
- ^ Bill Hopkins at hullfc.com
- ^ "Percival Thomas Harris". Yorkshire Post. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1958-1959 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) Tommy Harris at wales.rleague.com
- (archived by web.archive.org) Wales Rugby League Hall of Fame
- U.K. League Hooker in Doubt