Sid Little

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For the civil engineer, see Sidney Little.

Not to be confused with Syd Little.

Sid Little
Personal information
Full name	Sidney D. Little
Nickname	Sid
Born	May 1930 (age 83–84) Wigton district, Cumberland
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
195?–52	Harlequin F.C.
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1952	Cumberland
Rugby league
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1952–59	Oldham	249	49	0	0	147
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
195?–5?	Cumberland	8
1956–58	Great Britain	10	3	0	0	9
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Sidney D. "Sid" Little OBE (birth registered July→September 1930 (age 83–84) in Wigton district^[1]) is an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Cumberland, and at club level for Harlequin F.C., as a prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Cumberland, and at club level for Oldham, as a front or second row forward during the era of contested scrums. Little is an Oldham Hall Of Fame Inductee.^[2]

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

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.^[3]

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

References

↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "Oldham Hall of Fame". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

Great Britain squad - 1957 Rugby League World Cup

Coaches: Bill Fallowfield & H. Rawson

(2/3), e.g. The Number of Games Played in the 1957 World Cup.

v t e Oldham Roughyeds Hall of Fame Inductees

Fred Ashworth Alan Davies Mike Elliott John Etty Joe Ferguson Terry Flanagan Bernard Ganley Alex Givvons Andy Goodway Herman Hilton Robert Irving Arthur Lees Sid Little Martin Murphy Harry Ogden Jack Read Frank Stirrup Kevin Taylor Derek Turner

Persondata
Name	Little, Sidney
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union player
Date of birth	1930
Place of birth	Carlisle, Cumbria
Date of death
Place of death

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