Gary Price (rugby league, born 1961)

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Gary Price
Personal information
Full nameGary Price
Born (1961-03-09) 9 March 1961 (age 62)
Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row, Loose forward
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1979–86 York
1986–89 Leeds
1989–95 Featherstone Rovers 125130052
Total125130052
Source: [1]

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. [2] [1]

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Background

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

Playing career

Featherstone Rovers

Price was signed by Featherstone Rovers in August 1989. [3] He made his début for the club on 17 September 1989. [4]

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", to avoid confusion with another second-rower signed by Rovers, who was also named Gary Price. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Biography at therhinos.co.uk". therhinos.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1990). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 381. ISBN   978-0-356-17851-6.
  4. 1 2 "Price, Gary S." fevarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.