Donald Metcalfe

For the Australian physiologist, see Donald Metcalf.

Don Metcalfe
Personal information
Full nameDonald Metcalfe
Born15 July 1932
Wakefield, England
Died7 November 2006(2006-11-07) (aged 74)
Wakefield, England
Playing information
Weight13 st 0 lb (83 kg)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949–51 Sandal RUFC
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–57 Featherstone Rovers 149 54 1 0 164
1957–68 Wakefield Trinity 212 33 0 0 99
Total 361 87 1 0 263
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1955–57 Yorkshire ≥2
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
c. 1967 Keighley

Donald "Don" Metcalfe (15 July 1932[1] – 7 November 2006) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Sandal RUFC,[2] and representative level rugby league (RL) for England (Under-21s), and Yorkshire (captain), and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (captain), and Wakefield Trinity, as a fullback or centre,[3] and coached at club level for Keighley.

  1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Sandal RUFC at pitchero.com". pitchero.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ Bailey, Ron (1956). The Official History of Featherstone Rovers R.L.F.C.. Wakefield Express. ASIN: B00O1TLDPC