Arthur Gray (rugby)
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Full name | Arthur Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 4 September 1917 Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 August 1991 Scarborough, England | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Gray (4 September 1917 – 25 August 1991) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Otley, as a full-back, and club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity, as a fullback.
Background
[edit]Arthur Gray was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 73 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
[edit]International honours
[edit]Arthur Gray made his international rugby union début, and scored a conversion, in England's 9-6 victory over Wales at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday 18 January 1947. see List of England national rugby union team - Results 1947. He played two further rugby union internationals, in the 1947 Five Nations Championship against Ireland, and Scotland.[1]
Cluvb career
[edit]Arthur Gray made his début for Wakefield Trinity during April 1947, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1949–50 season
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". en.espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Search for "Gray" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- History Of Otley RUFC
- Search for "Arthur Gray" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
- 1917 births
- 1991 deaths
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Otley R.U.F.C. players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league players from Leeds
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union players from Leeds
- Wakefield Trinity players
- England international rugby union players
- English rugby league biography stubs
- English rugby union biography stubs