Willie Horne

Willie Horne
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Horne
Born(1922-01-23)23 January 1922
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Died23 March 2001(2001-03-23) (aged 79)
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Playing information
PositionStand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1942–43 Oldham 2 0 1 0 2
1943–59 Barrow 461 112 741 0 1818
Total 463 112 742 0 1820
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–53 England 14 3 13 0 35
1945–54 Lancashire 14 4 19 0 50
1946–52 Great Britain 8 2 7 0 20

Willie Horne (23 January 1922 – 23 March 2001) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s. He played for Great Britain, England, Lancashire and Barrow between 1943 and 1959 and captained all four sides as a round the corner style goal-kicking stand-off. He captained Great Britain in a test series against Australia (1952). In October 2014 he was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame, and is therefore regarded as one of the best 23 players in the history of the British game.

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  3. ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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