Geoff Shelton

Geoffrey Shelton
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Shelton
Nickname Geoff
Born July→September 1940
Leeds
Died w/c 12 August 2012 (aged 72)
Playing information
Position Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1962–66 Hunslet
1966–Feb 68 Oldham 26 3 9
Feb 1968–Nov 68 Warrington 16+1 0 0 0 0
Total 43 3 0 0 9
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Yorkshire
1964–66 Great Britain 7 3 0 0 9

Geoffrey "Geoff" Shelton (birth registered July→September 1940[1] — August 2012 (aged 72)) birth registered in Leeds district, was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hunslet, Oldham, and Warrington, as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.

Playing career

International honours

Geoff Shelton won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1964 against France (2 matches), in 1965 against New Zealand (3 matches), and on the 1966 Great Britain Lions tour against Australia (2 matches).[2]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Geoff Shelton played right-centre, i.e. number 3, and scored a try in Hunslet's 16-20 defeat by Wigan in the 1965 Challenge Cup Final during the 1964–65 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1965, in front of a crowd of 89,016.[3]

County Cup Final appearances

Geoff Shelton played right-centre, i.e. number 3, and scored a try in Hunslet's 12-2 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1962 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1968–69 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 27 October 1962, and played right-centre, i.e. number 3, in the 8-17 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1965 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1965.

Club career

He joined Oldham in 1966 for a transfer fee of £6,250 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £244,600 in 2013),[4] in February 1968 he moved to Warrington for £2,500 (also stated as £3,000), before retiring due to injury.

Outside of rugby league

Geoff Shelton was landlord of the Coach and Horses public house at 459 Huddersfield Road, Waterhead, Oldham, OL4 2HT. Geoff Shelton's funeral was held at 1pm on Friday August 2012 at Harrogate Crematorium, Wetherby Road, Harrogate.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "1964-1965 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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