Gary Price (rugby league, born 1961)

Not to be confused with the rugby league forward who played for Wakefield Trinity, Featherstone Rovers and Great Britain, Gary Price (rugby league, born 1969).

Gary Price

Personal information
Full name	Gary Price
Born	(1961-03-09) 9 March 1961 (age 64) Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1979–86 York 161 40 2 1 151 1986–89 Leeds 50 7 0 0 28 1989–95 Featherstone Rovers 125 13 0 0 52 Total 336 60 2 1 231 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1986 Yorkshire 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] [2]

Gary Price (born 9 March 1961) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and Great Britain (Under-18s) British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) (Under-18s), and at club level for Castleford Juniors ARLFC, York, Leeds and Featherstone Rovers, as a second-row. ^[3]

Background

Gary Price was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Price started his professional career with York, making 161 appearances for the club between 1979 and 1986, scoring 40 tries. He was part of the team that finished as Second Division champions in the 1980–81 season, and played in the 1984 Challenge Cup semi-final defeat against Wigan. ^[4] He was transferred to Leeds in October 1986. ^[5]

Featherstone Rovers

Price was signed by Featherstone Rovers in August 1989. ^[6] He made his début for the club on 17 September 1989. ^[7]

Price played second-row, in Featherstone Rovers' 14–20 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1989 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1989–90 season at Headingley, Leeds on Sunday 5 November 1989, in front of a crowd of 12,607.

From 1993 onwards, he was usually referred to as "Gary S. Price", or by his nickname "Slugger", ^[8] to avoid confusion with another second-rower signed by Rovers, who was also named Gary Price and who played for the club in 1993–95 and again in 1997–98. ^[7]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Player Summary: Gary Price". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
3. "Biography at therhinos.co.uk". therhinos.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Title-winner Gary Price inducted into York RLFC Hall of Fame". The Press . 7 January 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
5. "Increased bid clinches Price" . Yorkshire Evening Press . 3 October 1986. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 381. ISBN   978-0-356-17851-6.
7. "Price, Gary S." fevarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
8. "Cup Kings on March" . Yorkshire Evening Post. 21 February 1994. p. 16 – via British Newspaper Archive.