Willie Horne
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| Full name | William Horne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 1922 Barrow-in-Furness, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 2001 (aged 79) Barrow-in-Furness, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Horne (23 January 1922 – 23 March 2001) was an English
. He captained Great Britain in a test series against Australia (1952). In October 2014 he was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame, and is therefore regarded as one of the best 23 players in the history of the British game.Early life
Willie Horne as born on 23 January 1922 in
rugby league football and appeared in two games on trial with Oldham R.L.F.C., but turned down the opportunity to join the club, signing for his home town side Barrow instead in 1943.[5]
Playing career
Whilst playing for Barrow Horne was selected to go on the 1946 Great Britain Lions tour.
Horne played
1955 Challenge Cup Final during the 1954–55 season
at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 30 April 1955, in front of a crowd of 66,513.
Horne played in Barrow's 7-9 defeat by
1957 Challenge Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1957, in front of a crowd of 76,318. Horne set new records for Barrow's "Most Career Points" with 1,818,[9] and is ninth in Barrow's all time try scorers list with 112-tries.[10]
Post-playing
Horne was inducted into the Barrow club's Hall of Fame when it was launched in 2001 alongside 1950s teammates
Craven Park, the home of Barrow
. This statue in Memory of Willie is sited in 'gardens' between Duke Street and Howard Street, in front of College House, Barrow-in-Furness.
In 2014 Horne was inducted into the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame.
References
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1909133044.
- ^ "1950–1951 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Barrow make two finals in one year". nwemail.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
- ^ "Barrow at greyhoundderby.com". greyhoundderby.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Barrows all time leading try scorers". barrowrlfc.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Back on the Wembley trail
- Hadfield, Dave (29 March 2001). "Obituary: Willie Horne". The Independent. p. 6.
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