David Lyon (rugby)

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David Lyon
Personal information
Born (1965-09-03) 3 September 1965 (age 59)
Wigan, England
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–87 Widnes 26+14 2 0 0 8
1987–92 Warrington 144+3 31 112 1 349
1992–96 St. Helens 64+2 26 20 1 145
1995(loan) → Sheffield Eagles 3+1 0 0 0 0
1996(loan) → Leigh RLFC 12+1 8 0 0 32
Total 270 67 132 2 534
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–86 Great Britain U-21 2 0 0 0 0
1991 Lancashire 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–99 Orrell 52 13 0 0 65
Source: [1]

David Lyon (born 3 September 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played as a fullback for Widnes, Warrington, St Helens, Sheffield Eagles and the Leigh Centurions.[1][2] He switched to rugby union in 1996 and finished his playing career with Orrell.

He is the son of Geoff Lyon the former Wigan RLFC great who played at Wigan from 1959 to 1969.

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ Rothmans RL Yearbooks