Les Pearce

Leslie Pearce
Personal information
Full name Leslie Pearce
Nickname Les
Born (1923-10-13) 13 October 1923
Swansea, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Lock

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–49 Swansea RFC 31 4 12
Rugby league
Position Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949–≥57 Halifax
Coaching information

Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Halifax
1972–74 Leigh
Dewsbury
Total 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1975 Wales

Leslie "Les" Pearce (born 13 October 1923[1] in Swansea) is a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, as a Lock, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Halifax, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax, Leigh, and Dewsbury.

Coaching career

International honours

Les Pearce was the coach for Wales in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances

Les Pearce was the coach in Leigh's 5-0 victory over Widnes in the 1972 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1972-73 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 19 December 1972.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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