Tommy Harris (rugby)

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Not to be confused with the English rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, for Cornwall (RU), Redruth R.F.C., England (RL), and Rochdale Hornets, Thomas "Tommy" Harris
Tommy Harris
Personal information
Full name Percival Thomas Harris
Nickname Bomber[1]
Born 5 June 1927
Crumlin, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–49 Newbridge
Rugby league
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–62 Hull 4??
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–59 Wales 8 2 0 0 6
1954–60 Great Britain 25 2 0 0 6
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
York

Percival Thomas "Tommy" Harris (5 June 1927 — Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.), was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played for English club Hull. Nicknamed "Bomber",[2] with Great Britain he won the 1960 Rugby League World Cup and also set the record for most test matches for Great Britain of any hooker.[3][4] With Hull, Harris won the 1960 Lance Todd Trophy.

Harris was born at Crumlin in Monmouthshire, and played rugby union with Newbridge RFC until 1949 when four players left to play professional rugby league for the 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season: Tommy to Hull, Bill Hopkins[1][2] to Hull, Granville James to Hunslet, and Glyn Meredith to Wakefield Trinity.[5]

Harris gained selection for Great Britain in the 1954 and 1960 World Cups. He played international matches for Wales as well.

Harris played at hooker in Hull's 13-30 defeat by Wigan in the 1959 Challenge Cup final during the 1958–59 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1959,[6] and was man of the match winning the Lance Todd Trophy in the 5-38 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1960 Challenge Cup final during the 1959–60 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 14 May 1960.

Harris played over 400 games for the club, in the position of hooker, up to his retirement in 1962, when he became a coach of York. He coached the club for 11 years[1] and was also a director of York Rugby League Football Club from 1966 until 1987.

References

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