Dave Valentine

Dave Valentine

Valentine with rugby league's World Cup, 1954
Personal information
Full name	David Donald Valentine
Born	(1926-09-12)12 September 1926 Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Died	14 August 1976(1976-08-14) (aged 49) Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Flanker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Hawick RFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1947 Scotland 2 0
Rugby league
Position	Second-row, Loose forward, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1947–57 Huddersfield 356 216 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1948–54 Great Britain 15 2 6 1949–55 Other Nationalities 16 4 12 1949–52 British Empire XIII 2 1 3 1954 Combined Nationalities 1 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% Huddersfield 1966–67 Batley Total 0 0 0 0
As of 4 February 2021

David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976)^[1] was a Scottish representative rugby union and World Cup winning rugby league footballer, a dual-code rugby international who played in the 1940s and 1950s,^[2] and coached in the 1960s.