Harold Young (rugby league)
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| Full name | Harold D. Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1900 Cumberland, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1996 (aged 96) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold D. Young (c. 1900 – 1996) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern (two spells), Huddersfield and Castleford, as a loose forward.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Born in Cumberland, Young joined Bradford Northern from amateur club Hensingham, and made his debut in September 1926.[3] He was signed by Huddersfield in December 1928.[4] He transferred from Huddersfield to Castleford during September 1933, but was put on the transfer list in November later that year.[5] He returned to former club Bradford in December 1933.[6]
International honours
[edit]Young won caps for England while at Bradford Northern in 1928 against Wales, while at Huddersfield in 1929 against Other Nationalities, in 1930 against Other Nationalities, in 1931 against Wales, and while at Huddersfield he won a cap playing Loose forward for Great Britain in the 3-0 victory over Australia in the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale on 15 January 1930.
Personal life
[edit]Harold Young's younger brother, Victor, was also a rugby league footballer, and played for Hunslet and Hull Kingston Rovers.[7]
Young died in 1996, aged 96. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player who had played for Great Britain.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Harold Young". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Heritage Numbers". Bradford Bulls Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Harold Young Transferred". Leeds Mercury. 15 December 1928. p. 13 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "On Transfer Again". The Leeds Mercury. 16 November 1933. p. 9.
- ^ "Sports Snaps". Hull Daily Mail. 21 December 1933. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hull Kingston Effort". Bradford Observer. 27 August 1936. p. 13 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "In Brief". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 25 November 1996. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Photograph "Harold Young - Cumbrian Harold Young was Bradford Northern's first Australasian Tourist in 1928. After a short spell at Huddersfield he returned to Bradford in 1933 and was still with the club when they moved to Odsal. - 01/01/1927" at rlhp.co.uk
- Photograph "Bradford Northern 1927/28 - One of the more successful of Bradford Northern's sides of the 1920s, this team finished sixteenth. They then had to sell Harold Young, Jack Cox, Teddy Melling and Stanley Brogden within the next two years and finished bottom of the league for the next f… - 01/01/1928" at rlhp.co.uk
