| Ogden's Cigarette card featuring Gus Risman | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Augustus John Ferdinand Risman | |||||
| Nickname | Gus | |||||
| Born | 21 March 1911 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Died | 17 October 1994 (aged 83) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1929–1946 | Salford | 427 | 143 | 796 | 2021 | |
| Dewsbury | ||||||
| 1946–54 | Workington Town | 301 | 33 | 720 | 0 | 1539 |
| Batley | ||||||
| Total | 728 | 176 | 1516 | 0 | 3560 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1934 | England | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1931–45 | Wales | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932–46 | Great Britain | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1946 | Workington Town | |||||
| Oldham | ||||||
| 1964–71 | Bradford Northern | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Augustus "Gus" John F. Risman (21 March 1911 – 17 October 1994) was a Welsh rugby league footballer of the 1920s through to the 1950s.
A devastating three-quarter who also played at Fullback, and Stand-off/Five-eighth, Risman was born in Cardiff, brought up in Barry where he went to Barry County School, and played rugby union in South Wales as a schoolboy before being offered a trial by Salford.
He made his début for Salford on 31 August 1929 and went on to enjoy great success with the club. He won 17 caps for Great Britain and finished his career at Workington Town, remarkably leading them to Rugby League Challenge Cup glory as player-coach at the age of 41 in 1952.[1] He retired as a player in 1954 after a career spanning 25 years. Risman captained the 1946 "Indomitable" tourists of Australia.[2]
Risman later coached Oldham and Bradford Northern and was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 1988. Gus Risman's son, Bev Risman also became an accomplished rugby league footballer. As a tribute, one of the newly created streets in Workington's regenerated town centre is named Risman Place.
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Gus Risman 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; Joseph "Joe" Bradbury, Robert "Bob" Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Patrick "Paddy" Dalton, Hubert "Bert" Day, Clifford "Cliff" Evans, John "Jack" Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Samuel "Sammy" Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Leslie "Les" Pearson, Gus Risman, William "Billy" Watkins, and William "Billy" Williams
Gus Risman won caps for Wales while at Salford 1931…1945 18-caps, won a cap for England while at Salford in 1934 against France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Salford in 1932 against Australia, New Zealand (3 matches), in 1933 against Australia (3 matches), in 1936 against Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), in 1937 against Australia (3 matches), and in 1946 against Australia (3 matches).
Only four rugby league footballers have played initially for Wales, and then subsequently for England, they are; Emlyn Jenkins, Gus Risman, Jim Sullivan, and Les White.
Gus Risman played Centre for a Rugby League XIII against Northern Command XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.[3]
Gus Risman is one of less than ten Welshmen to have scored more than 2000-points in their rugby league career, and is one of less than twenty Welshmen to have scored more than 200-tries in their rugby league career.[4]
Gus Risman was the father of British Lions, and England rugby union, and Great Britain, England, Lancashire, Leigh, and Leeds rugby league footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, Bev Risman; and Workington Town, Fulham RLFC, Blackpool Borough and Carlisle rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, John Risman.
Risman Place in Workington is named after Gus Risman.[5]
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