Les Pearce
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Leslie Pearce | |||||
| Nickname | Les | |||||
| Born | 13 October 1923 Swansea, Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1948–49 | Swansea RFC | 31 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1949–≥57 | Halifax | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| Halifax | ||||||
| 1972–74 | Leigh | |||||
| Dewsbury | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1975 | Wales | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Leslie "Les" Pearce (born October 13, 1923[1] in Swansea) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s, and rugby league coach of the 1970s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, as a Lock, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Halifax, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax, Leigh, and Dewsbury.
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Coaching career
International honours
Les Pearce was the coach for Wales in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final appearances
Les Pearce was the coach in Leigh's 5-0 victory over Widnes in the 1972 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1972-73 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 19 December 1972.
References
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External links
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Team – Past Players – O & P at swansearfc.co.uk
- Statistics at swansearfc.co.uk
- The Welshman who kicked an amazing 535 goals for Halifax
- Landmark Lunch To Celebrate 1975 World Championship
- Dragons and All Blacks: Wales v. New Zealand - 1953 and a Century of Rivalry
- SIX TACKLES WITH MIKE NICHOLAS: You don't need to be Einstein to see splitting into three divisions isn't a clever idea…
- Canterbury's Bid For Mills
- You've Never Had It So Good!: Recollections of Life in the 1950s
- Battle Of Brisbane Players Reunite 40 Years On
- Dave Fleming's Blast From The Past
- A reunion to remember
(5/8) indicates the number of games played in the 1975 World Cup. |
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- 1923 births
- Dewsbury Rams coaches
- Footballers who switched code
- Halifax RLFC coaches
- Halifax RLFC players
- Leigh Centurions coaches
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby union locks
- Sportspeople from Swansea
- Swansea RFC players
- Wales national rugby league team coaches
- Welsh rugby league coaches
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Living people
