Sidney Little (rugby)

Sidney D. Little
Personal information
Full name Sidney D. Little OBE
Nickname Sid
Born May 1930 (age 81–82)
Wigton district, Cumberland
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1952–1952 Harlequin F.C.
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1952–≤1952 Cumberland
Rugby league
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–1959 Oldham 249 49 0 0 147
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≥1952–≥1952 Cumberland 8
1956–1958 Great Britain 10 3 0 0 9
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Sidney "Sid" D. Little OBE (birth registered July→September 1930 (age 81–82) in Wigton district[1]) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played rugby union (RU) for Cumberland, and at club level for Harlequin F.C., playing at Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Cumberland, and at club level for Oldham, playing at Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.

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International honours

Sid Little won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Oldham in 1956 against Australia, in 1957 against France (3 matches), in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup against France, Australia, and New Zealand, in 1957 against France (2 matches), and in 1958 against France.[2]

County Honours

Sid Little won caps for Cumberland (RU) while at Harlequin F.C., and won caps for Cumberland (RL) while at Oldham.

Honoured at Oldham

Sid Little is an Oldham Hall Of Fame Inductee.[3]

Order of the British Empire

Sid Little was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to youth.

References

  1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 2010-12-31. http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=161418432&d=bmd_1295915451. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Sid_Little/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  3. ^ "Oldham Hall of Fame". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 2008-12-31. http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/Hall%20of%20Fame.htm#little. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 

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