Harold D. Young was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC (in Hensingham, Whitehaven), Bradford Northern (Heritage №) (two spells), Huddersfield and Castleford (Heritage № 127), as a loose forward, i.e. number 13, during the era of contested scrums.[1]
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| Full name | Harold D. Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Cumberland, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Harold Young was born in Cumberland, England.
International honours edit
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 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]
Club career edit
Young was transferred from Hensingham ARLFC to Bradford Northern during September 1926, he was transferred from Huddersfield to Castleford during September 1933. His new club offered him on the transfer list in November of that year.[4]
Note edit
Harold Young and the similarly named Harry Young had overlapping playing careers at Bradford Northern, and consequently some references incorrectly merge their details.
References edit
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "On Transfer Again". The Leeds Mercury. 16 November 1933. p. 9.
External links edit
- 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. - 01/01/1927" 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… - 01/01/1928" at rlhp.co.uk
- Search for "Harold Young" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk