Jim Drake (rugby league)
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | James Gerald Drake | |||||
| Nickname | Jim | |||||
| Born | 20 February 1931 Workington, England |
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| Died | 8 October 2008 (aged 77) Hull, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||
| Weight | 15 st 7 lb (98.4 kg; 217.0 lb) | |||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1951–1961 | Hull | 243 | 38 | |||
| 1961–1965 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 64 | ||||
| Total | 307 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Cumberland | 5 | |||||
| 1960–1960 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
James "Jim" Gerald Drake (born 20 February 1931 in Workington — died 8 October 2008 in Hull) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative played for Great Britain, and Cumberland, and at club level for Hull and Hull Kingston Rovers, playing at Prop, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13.
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[edit] International honours
Jim Drake won a cap for Great Britain while at Hull in 1960 against France.[1]
[edit] Genealogical Information
Jim Drake was the twin brother of the rugby league footballer, Bill Drake.
[edit] References
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Jim_Drake/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
