Richard Wallace (rugby league)
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| Full name | Richard Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Centre, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard "Dick" Wallace (born 1944) is a former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Bristol Rugby, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Huddersfield, York and Hull Kingston Rovers, as a fullback, centre, or stand-off.[1][3]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Wallace joined Huddersfield from rugby union in 1966. He made 157 appearances for the club before moving to York in 1972. He played a further 92 games for York before moving to Hull Kingston Rovers in 1975.[4]
Wallace played stand-off in Hull Kingston Rovers' 11-15 defeat by Leeds in the 1975 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1975–76 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 November 1975.
Representative honours
[edit]Although born in England, Wallace was eligible to play for Wales through his Welsh grandparents.[4] Wallace won a cap for Wales (RL) while at York in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France.[1] He also represented Other Nationalities six times in the 1974 and 1975 county championships.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Dick Wallace". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ a b c Gronow, David (2008). 100 Greats: Huddersfield Rugby League Football Club. Stroud: Stadia. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7524-4584-7.
e.g. (5/8) indicates the number of games played in the 1975 World Cup. | |
- 1944 births
- Living people
- English people of Welsh descent
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Hull Kingston Rovers players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Bristol
- Rugby union players from Bristol
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- York Wasps players
- Other Nationalities rugby league team players