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Full name | Michael Fletcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | England | 14 April 1967|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Fletcher (born 14 April 1967) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback, or centre. He spent almost his entire club career at Hull Kingston Rovers, and is the club's record point scorer. [1] He also played for Hunslet Hawks. At representative level, Fletcher appeared for Great Britain under-21s, and in a Humberside XIII.
Fletcher made his début for Hull Kingston Rovers in April 1985 against Widnes. [2] He went on set a number of club records, including the most career goals (1,268) and most career points (2,760). He also holds the club record for most goals and points in a single season, scoring 450 points (including 199 goals) in 1989–90. [3] He left the club in 1998 and joined Hunslet Hawks.
At representative level, Fletcher played twice for Great Britain under-21s in 1988, and played in a Humberside XIII against Papua New Guinea in 1991.
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George Fairbairn is a Scottish former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached rugby league in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Borders, and at club level for Kelso RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan, winning the Man of Steel Award in 1980, and Hull Kingston Rovers, as a goal-kicking fullback, and coached at representative level rugby league for Scotland, and at club level Wigan, Hull Kingston Rovers, and Huddersfield.
Christopher "Chris" Howard Bibb is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, and Wakefield Trinity (loan), as an occasional goal-kicking fullback.
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Paul Harkin is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Bradford Northern, Featherstone Rovers, Hull Kingston Rovers, Leeds, Halifax, and Hunslet, as a scrum-half, and coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity.
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Edward Tattersfield was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached in the 1940s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Reckitt ARLFC, Hull Kingston Rovers, Leeds (captain), Halifax, Batley and Hull FC, as an occasional goal-kicking second-row or loose forward, and coached at club level for Hull F.C. and the Hull Dockers. Ted Tattersfield was a Corporal in the British Army during World War II.
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