John Lawrenson

John Lawrenson
Personal information
Born	29 March 1921(1921-03-29)
Died	28 March 2010(2010-03-28) (aged 88)
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1938–49	Wigan	219	187	128		817
1949–53	Workington Town	145	110	73		476
	Total	364	297	201	0	1293
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1939–50	England	9	0	0	0	0
1948–49	Great Britain	3	2	0	0	6
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1961	Wigan
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

John "Johnnie"/"Johnny" Lawrenson (29 March 1921 — 28 March 2010(2010-03-28) (aged 88)^[1]) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, and coach of the 1960s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Wigan, and Workington Town, playing at Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5, and at club level coached for Wigan.

Lawrenson won caps for England while at Wigan in 1939 against Wales, in 1940 against Wales, in 1941 against Wales, in 1946 against Wales (2 matches), in 1948 against Wales, and France, in 1949 against Wales, and Other Nations, while at Workington in 1950, and for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1948 against Australia (3 matches).^[2]

References

^ "Johnny Lawrenson 1921 — 2010". getnoticedonline.co.uk. 2010-03-28. http://www.getnoticedonline.co.uk/rugby-league/workington-town/johnny-lawrenson-1921-2010.html. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
^ "International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 2008-12-31. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/international_stats.php?GBSearch=Lawrenson&EnSearch=Lawrenson&submit_x=7&submit_y=3&submit.x=7&submit.y=8. Retrieved 2009-01-01.

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Wigan Warriors coaches

Jim Sullivan (1932–1952; 1961) • Maurice Hughes (1952–1953) • Ted Ward (1953–1956) • Joe Egan (1956–1961) • Johnny Lawrenson (1961) • Griff Jenkins (1961–1963) • Eric Ashton (1963–1973) • Graham Starkey (1973–1974) • Edward "Ted" Toohey (1974–1975) • Joe Coan (1975–1976) • Vince Karalius (1976–1979) • Kel Coslett (1979–1980) • George Fairbairn (1980–1981) • Maurice Bamford (1981–1982) • Alex Murphy (1982–1984) • Colin Clarke/Alan McInnes (1984–1986) • Graham Lowe (1986–1989) • John Monie (1989–1993; 1997–1999) • John Dorahy (1993–1994) • Graeme West (1994–1997) • Eric Hughes (1997) • Andy Goodway (1999) • Frank Endacott (1999–2001) • Stuart Raper (2001–2003) • Mike Gregory (2003–2004) • Denis Betts (2004–2005) • Ian Millward (2005–2006) • Brian Noble (2006–2009) • Michael Maguire (2009–2011) • Shaun Wane (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Lawrenson, John
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1921-03-29
Place of birth
Date of death	2010-03-28
Place of death