Brian Edgar
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Full name | Joseph Brian Edgar | |||||
Born | 26 March 1936 Great Broughton, Cumberland, England |
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Died | 4 October 2001 (aged 65) Seaton, Cumbria, England |
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Playing information | ||||||
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Rugby union | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1954–≤54 | Workington RFC | |||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1954–68 | Workington Town | 384 | 99 | 27 | 0 | 303 |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Cumberland | 13 | |||||
1962 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958–66 | Great Britain | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk |
Brian Edgar (26 March 1936 – 4 October 2001 (aged 65)) born in Great Broughton, Cumberland, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Workington RFC[1], and playing representative level rugby league for Great Britain (captain), and England, and at club level for Workington Town, as a Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, he died in Seaton, Cumbria.
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Playing career
International honours
Edgar won a cap for England (RL) while at Workington in 1962 against France,[1] and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Workington in 1958 against Australia, and New Zealand, in 1961 against New Zealand, in 1962 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand, in 1965 against New Zealand, and in 1966 against Australia (3 matches).[2]
Edgar and Leeds' Joseph "Joe" Thompson are the only Forwards to be selected for three Australasian tours.
Four Workington players were selected for the 1958 tour of Australia, and New Zealand; Harry Archer, Brian Edgar, Ike Southward, and Bill Wookey (later of Barrow).
Challenge Cup final appearances
Brian Edgar played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in Workington Town's 9–13 defeat by Wigan in the 1958 Challenge Cup final during the 1957–58 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 10 May 1958.[3]
References
External links
- Obituary in The Independent
- England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- » Legends Evening 60's
- Workington and Hull KR triumph in the regions
- "Call for Edgar to be in RL Hall of Fame" J Wright (16 December 2005) The Whitehaven News
- EngvarB from August 2013
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- Infobox rugby league biography templates updated
- 1936 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Broughton, Cumbria
- England national rugby league team players
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Workington Town players