Lewis Harris
Not to be confused with Lewis and Harris.
Lewis Harris, also known as Louis Harris, was an English rugby league player.[1]
Harris played 255-matches and scored 76-tries, and 1-conversion for 230-points for Hull Kingston Rovers including when they won the Challenge Cup in 1925,[1] and were Northern Rugby Football Union champions in 1921 and 1923.[1]
Harris was Jewish.[2] The Jews were the first significant minority group to play rugby in Britain.[2]
See also
References
- Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition, volume 19, p. 146
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Encyclopedia Judaica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rugby league in twentieth century ... Retrieved 2011-03-14.