Ken Loxton

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Ken Loxton
Personal information
Full nameKenneth Loxton
Bornthird ¼ 1947 (age 7576)
Lower Agbrigg district, Wakefield, England
Playing information
Position Scrum-half, Loose forward
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1963–65 Featherstone Rovers 9+122010
1965–73 Huddersfield 21742016
1973–78 Keighley 1047
1978–82 Halifax 1067
1982–83 Bramley 311
Total468214026
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1971 Great Britain 10000
Source: [1] [2]

Kenneth Loxton (birth registered third ¼ 1947 [3] ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Huddersfield, Keighley, Halifax and Bramley as a scrum-half or loose forward.

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Background

Ken Loxton's birth was registered in Lower Agbrigg district, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Ken Loxton won a cap for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1971 against New Zealand. [1]

Club career

Loxton made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 22 May 1963, he joined Huddersfield from amateur club Normanton in 1965. He went on to play for Keighley, Halifax and Bramley, [2] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 Gronow, David (2008). 100 Greats: Huddersfield Rugby League Football Club. Stroud: Stadia. p. 74. ISBN   978-0-7524-4584-7.
  3. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.