Jim Brough

Jim Brough

Ogden's Cigarette card featuring 'Gentleman' Jim Brough
Personal information
Full name	James Wasdale Brough
Born	(1903-11-05)5 November 1903 Silloth, Cumberland, England
Died	16 September 1986(1986-09-16) (aged 82) Workington, Cumbria, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–25 Silloth RUFC[1] Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1923–25 Cumberland 1925 England 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Fullback, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1925–1944 Leeds 442 34 82 266 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1926–36 England 11 2 9 0 24 1928–36 Great Britain 5 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1948 Batley ≤1955–≥58 Workington Town 1962 Whitehaven RLFC 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1958–59 Great Britain 8 5 0 3 63
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James Wasdale Brough (5 November 1903 – 16 September 1986), also known by the nickname of 'Gentleman Jim' , was an English dual-code international rugby union, association football (soccer) footballer, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and rugby league coach of the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Cumberland, and at club level for Silloth RUFC,^[1] as a fullback, and club level association football as an amateur for Liverpool (reserve team), as a goalkeeper, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (captain), and England, and at club level for Leeds, as a fullback, or centre, and coached representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Batley and Workington Town. Born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, he died in Workington, Cumbria, England.^[6]