Frank Pitchford

Frank Pitchford

Frank Pitchford in Oldham RLFC colours in 1959
Personal information
Full name	Frank Pitchford
Born	1934
Died	January 1990 (aged 55)[1] Leigh, Greater Manchester, England
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1952–62 Oldham 305 105 1 317 1962–63 Wigan 27 4 0 12 Total 332 109 1 0 329 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955 England 1 0 0 0 1958–62 Great Britain 2 0 0 0
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Frank Pitchford (1934 – January 1990) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Oldham and Wigan as a scrum-half.^[2] He was born in Leigh in 1934 and played as an amateur for Leigh St Joseph’s before signing for Oldham at the start of the 1952-53 season. He would play for the Oldham club for 10 years, appearing in over 300 games and scoring 105 tries. In 1962 he was transferred to Wigan where he played another season, including appearing in the 1963 Challenge Cup Final alongside another ex-Oldham teammate – Alan Davies.