Roy Sabine

Last updated

Roy Sabine
Personal information
BornEngland
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Centre
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
≤1962–≥62 "The Dukes"
Rugby league
Position Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
≤1959–≥62 Keighley 175
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Yorkshire
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
≤1976≥76 Keighley

Roy Sabine (birth unknown) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played rugby union (RU) for Duke of Wellington's Regiment ("The Dukes"), as a centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley, as a stand-off, i.e. number 6, and coached at club level for Keighley. Roy Sabine served as a Private with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Contents

Coaching career

Roy Sabine coached Keighley to the 1976 Challenge Cup semi-final during the 1975–76 season against St. Helens at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 3 April 1976. [1]

Honoured at Keighley Cougars

Roy Sabine is a Keighley Cougars Hall of Fame inductee, he was inducted in 1999 alongside Len Ward. [2]

Related Research Articles

Peter Roe is a rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Keighley, Bradford Northern, York and Hunslet, as a centre, and coached at club level for Keighley, Halifax, Barrow, Swinton, Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity.

John Mantle was a Welsh dual-code international rugby player. He was capped for Wales at rugby union, and Great Britain and Wales in rugby league.

Horace David Jeanes is an English former rugby union and World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Keighley RUFC and Wakefield RFC, and representative level rugby union for Yorkshire and rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain), Leeds and Huddersfield, as a prop, number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

A. James "Jim" Croston was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached rugby league in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Hampshire, at military level for Army Rugby Union, and the 38th Field Company Royal Engineers, and at club level for United Services Portsmouth, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for Castleford and Wakefield Trinity (captain), as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity.

John Burke was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Normanton, Leeds, Keighley, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Castleford and Wakefield Trinity, as a prop.

Charles "Charlie" W. Renilson is a Scottish former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, serving in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Jed-Forest RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Halifax, Newtown and Eastern Suburbs as a second-row or loose forward, i.e. number 11 or 12 or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

Arthur Keegan, also known by the nickname of "Ollie", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for West Town Boys ARLFC, Hull F.C., Bramley and Batley, as a goal-kicking fullback, i.e. number 1, and was captain of Hull during the 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1970–71 seasons, and coached at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Bramley, after serving in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Gordon F. Brown is an English World Cup winning former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Leeds and Keighley, as a stand-off, i.e. number 6, and coached at club level for Keighley.

Derek Hallas is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1960s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Roundhay RFC, as a centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley, Leeds, Parramatta Eels and the Inverell Hawks (captain), as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached at club level for the Inverell Hawks.

James "Jim" Davies was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer nicknamed "The Dancing Master" who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s, and coached rugby league in the 1920s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a stand-off, or scrum-half, i.e. number 6, or 7, and coached at club level for Keighley.

Charlie Stone (rugby league) England international rugby league footballer

Richard Stone, known as Charlie Stone, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Pontefract RUFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers and Hull FC, as a prop or second-row and was captain of Hull during the 1980–81 season.

Len Bowkett England international rugby league footballer

Leonard "Len" Charles Bowkett was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached rugby league in the 1930s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Warwickshire, and at club level for Coventry R.F.C., and representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, Batley (loan), and Keighley, as a fullback, centre, stand-off, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or 6, and coached at club level for Keighley (A-Team).

William Watson was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1940s. He played at representative level for England, Rugby League XIII and Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley and Huddersfield, as a prop, hooker, or loose forward, i.e. number 8 or 10, 9, or, 13, during the era of contested scrums, and coached at club level for Keighley.

Norman Foster was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and coached in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley, Halifax, Hull Kingston Rovers and Newcastle RLFC, as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached at club level for Keighley, Prince-Smith & Stells ARLFC and Keighley Albion ARLFC.

Brian Jefferson, also known by the nickname of "Bootsie", is an English former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Moortown RUFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley, as a fullback, i.e. number 1.

Alfred "Alf" Watson was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, Leeds and Featherstone Rovers.

Bert Cook (rugby) New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach

Herbert Errol Cook was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Kiwis", and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, Keighley and Dewsbury, as a goal-kicking fullback, i.e. number 1, and coached club level rugby league (RL) for Keighley and Dewsbury.

Herb Lilburne NZ dual-code international rugby footballer

Herbert Theodore Lilburne was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached rugby union in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for New Zealand, South Island, North Island, Canterbury and Wellington, and at club level for Marist Albion RFC, as a Fullback, Centre, or Fly-half, i.e. number 15, or, 13 or 12, or 10, and representative level rugby league (RL), for New Zealand and Wellington as a winger, i.e. number 2 or 5, and having been reinstated from rugby league in the World War II amnesty, coached club level rugby union (RU) for Zingari-Richmond Rugby Club. Following the injuries to the New Zealand (RU) captain Cliff Porter, and vice-captain Bill Dalley, Herb Lilburne was appointed captain for the first test of New Zealand's 1929 tour of Australia, at 21-years and 112-days he is the youngest New Zealand test captain to date, he died in Dunedin

Keith Alan Bell is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for the Featherstone Rovers (captain), and Hunslet, as an occasional goal-kicking hooker, second-row, or loose forward, i.e. number 9, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, and coached at club level for the Featherstone Lions.

Alan Kellett is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Ovenden ARLFC, Oldham, Halifax, Bradford Northern and Keighley, as a stand-off or loose forward, i.e. number 6, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, an coached at club level for Keighley.

References

  1. Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-61]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN   978-0-9548355-4-5
  2. "Tribute paid to legend Ward, 85". keighleynews.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.