Geoffrey Clarkson

Geoff Clarkson

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Clarkson
Born	12 August 1943 Wakefield, England
Died	10 July 2001(2001-07-10) (aged 57) Huddersfield, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1965–65 Wakefield RFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P <1965–<65 Yorkshire
Rugby league
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1965–68 Wakefield Trinity 79 11 2 0 37 1968–70 Bradford Northern 57+1 8 0 0 24 1970–71 Leigh 107 9 0 0 27 1971–72 Warrington 35+1 0 0 0 0 1972–75 Leeds 66+3 3 0 0 9 1975–76 York 36 4 0 0 12 1976–78 Bramley 23 2 0 0 6 1978 Wakefield Trinity 1978–80 Hull Kingston Rovers 43+8 3 0 0 9 1979–80 Bradford Northern 18+3 1 0 0 3 1980–81 Oldham 11 0 0 0 0 1981–83 Leigh 1983–84 Featherstone Rovers 11+1 0 0 0 0 Total 503 41 2 0 127 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1967 Yorkshire 2 0 0 0 0
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Geoffrey "Geoff" Clarkson (12 August 1943 – 10 July 2001) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (two spells), Bradford Northern (two spells), Leigh (two spells), Warrington, Leeds, York, Bramley, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Featherstone Rovers, as a second-row.

Background

Geoff Clarkson was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and he died aged 57 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Geoff Clarkson turned professional with Wakefield Trinity in 1965 after gaining Yorkshire County rugby union forward honours while at Wakefield RFC.

Geoff Clarkson won cap(s) for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.

Geoff Clarkson played at second-row in Wakefield Trinity's 21–9 victory over St. Helens in the Championship Final replay during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton on Wednesday 10 May 1967.

Geoff Clarkson played at second-row in Leigh's 7–4 victory over St. Helens in the 1970 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 November 1970, played at second-row in Leigh's 24–7 victory over Leeds in the 1971 Challenge Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 15 May 1971, in front of a crowd of 85,514, and played at second-row in Leigh's 8–3 victory over Widnes in the 1981 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 September 1981.

Geoff Clarkson played at second-row in Hull Kingston Rovers' 3–13 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1979 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1979–80 season at The Boulevard, Hull on Tuesday 18 December 1979.

Geoff Clarkson extended his record number of transfers to 12 when he left Leigh for Featherstone Rovers on 27 October 1983. He played for 10 different English clubs, and also had a brief spell in Australia, he was 40 years old when he finished playing regular first team rugby in 1983–84.

Club career

Geoff Clarkson made his début for Wakefield Trinity during December 1965, he played his last match (during his second spell) for Wakefield Trinity during the 1977–78 season, he made his début for Leigh during the 1970–71 season, he played his last match (during his second spell) for Leigh on Thursday 27 October 1983, during the 1983–84 season, he made his début for Warrington on Friday 20 August 1971, he played his last match for Warrington on Sunday 22 October 1972, he made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 30 October 1983, he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1983–84 season, 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.

External links

• The Independent – Geoff Clarkson Obituary
• (archived by web.archive.org) Rugby League Journal – Issue 24 – Autumn 2008
• (archived by web.archive.org) Geoff Clarkson, the much-travelled forward, has died at the age of 57
• Yorkshire RFU
• Photograph "Stan Fearnley – Stan Fearnley, Northern's Loose forward, well held with Clarkson, Stockwell and Diabira in support. – Date: 31/01/1970" at rlhp.co.uk
• Photograph "Trotter looks to offload – Denis Trotter looks to offload watched by Geoff Clarkson. – Date: 23/10/1977" at rlhp.co.uk
• Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk Archived 7 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
• Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk Archived 2 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk (martini) Archived 3 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk
• (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk (martini)
• Search for "Geoffrey Clarkson" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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