Billy Harris (rugby league)
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Full name | George W. Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Billy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
April→June 1951 (age 65–66) Pontefract district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
George W. "Billy" Harris (birth registered during April→June 1951[1]) is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s, playing at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 512), Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 880), as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[2]
Playing career
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Billy Harris played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Featherstone Rovers' 9-24 defeat by Warrington in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400.
Club career
Billy Harris made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 3 September 1972,[3] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.
Genealogical information
Billy Harris is the younger brother of the rugby league footballer; Graham Harris.
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952