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Arnold Morgan
Personal information
Full nameArnold Morgan
BornJuly→September 1942 (age 82–83)
Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–71/72 Featherstone Rovers 233+12 49 21 0 189
1972–≥72 York
Total 245 49 21 0 189
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967/68–≥69/70 Yorkshire ≥4
1968 England 1 0 0 0 0
1968 Great Britain 4 1 0 0 3

Arnold "Arnie" Morgan (July→September 1942[1]) is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 426), and York, as a prop, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.

Playing career

International honours

Arnie Morgan, won a cap for England while at Featherstone in 1968 against Wales,[2] and won caps for Great Britain while at Featherstone in 1968 against France (2 matches), and in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup against France, and New Zealand.[3]

County honours

Arnie Morgan won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1967–68 season as an interchange/substitute against Australia, during the 1968–69 season against Cumberland, and Lancashire, and during the 1969–70 season as an interchange/substitute against Lancashire.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Arnie Morgan played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1967 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290.

County Cup Final appearances

Arnie Morgan played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in Featherstone Rovers' 12-25 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1966 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966, and played left-second-row in the 9-12 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1969 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 September 1969.

Club career

Arnie Morgan made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 17 February 1962,[4] 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.

Testimonial match

Arnie Morgan's benefit season/testimonial match at Featherstone Rovers took place during the 1971–72 season.

Honoured at Featherstone Rovers

Arnie Morgan is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
  5. ^ "Featherstone Rovers legends added to Hall of Fame". pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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