Harold Young (rugby league)
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| Full name | Harold D. Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Cumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold D. Young was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Widnes, Halfax (Heritage № 326), Bradford Northern (two spells), Huddersfield, and Castleford, as a wing, or loose forward, i.e. number 2 or 5, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.[1]
Young was transferred from Huddersfield to Castleford in September 1933. His new club offered him on the transfer list in November of that year.[4]
International honours
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,[2] and while at Huddersfield he won a cap playing Loose forward/Lock 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "On Transfer Again". The Leeds Mercury. 16 November 1933. p. 9.
External links
- 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. - 1 January 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… - 1 January 1928" at rlhp.co.uk
