Patrick Dalton
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Dalton | |||||
| Nickname | Paddy | |||||
| Born | April→June 1907 (age 104–105) Harrington, Cumberland |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1930–1940 | Salford | 291 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1934–≥1935 | English League XIII | |||||
| 1934–1936 | England | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Patrick "Paddy" Dalton (birth registered April→June 1907 (age 104–105) in Harrington, Cumberland[1]) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s who at representative level has played for England, and English League XIII, and at club level for Salford, playing at Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.
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[edit] International honours
Paddy Dalton won caps for England while at Salford in 1934 against Australia, and France, in 1935 against France, and Wales, and in 1936 against Wales, and reprsented English League XIII against France.[2]
[edit] Les Diables Rouges
Paddy Dalton was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joseph "Joe" Bradbury, Robert "Bob" Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Hubert "Bert" Day, Clifford "Cliff" Evans, John "Jack" Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Samuel "Sammy" Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Leslie "Les" Pearson, Gus Risman, William "Billy" Watkins, and William "Billy" Williams
[edit] References
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 2010-12-31. http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=117366354&d=bmd_1320433380. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 2008-12-31. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/international_stats.php?GBSearch=Dalton&EnSearch=Dalton&submit_x=7&submit_y=3&submit.x=7&submit.y=8. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
