Fred Longstaff
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| Full name | Fred Longstaff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July→September 1890 Bradford district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 July 1916 (aged 25–26) Battle of the Somme, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fred Longstaff (birth registered July→September 1890[2] – 22 July 1916) birth registered in Bradford district, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s, playing at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Halifax and Huddersfield, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums. He was a member of Huddersfield's 1914/15 'Team of All Talents' by winning All Four Cups available to them, and died on 22 July 1916, fighting at the Battle of the Somme.
International honours
Longstaff won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in 1914 against Wales,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1914 against Australia, and New Zealand.[4]
References
- ^ "Fred Longstaff". Fred Longstaff - Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.