Brian Gregory (rugby league)

Brian Gregory
Personal information
Full name Brian Gregory
Died January 2002 (aged 53)[1]
Tenerife, Spain
Playing information
Position Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1969–69 Salford
1969–73 Warrington 128 23 0 0 69
1973–74 Oldham 29 5 0 0 15
1974–76 Wigan 60 13 0 0 39
Oct 1979–78/79 Wakefield Trinity 18 1 0 0 3
Total 235 42 0 0 126
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Lancashire ≥2
1975 Wales 3 1 0 0 3
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Brian Gregory was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s playing at representative level for Wales, and Lancashire, and at club level for Salford, Warrington, Oldham, Wigan, and Wakefield Trinity, as a Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13.[2]

Club career

Gregory started his career with Salford before moving to Warrington where he won 2-caps for Lancashire. In November 1973, he joined Oldham for a transfer fee of £7,500,[3] where he scored five tries in 29 appearances for the club.[4] A year later, Gregory was a signed by Wigan for a fee of £9,500,[5] (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £134,500 in 2015).[6]

International honours

Brian Gregory won caps for Wales while at Wigan in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against England, New Zealand, and France.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Elsworth, Suzanne (24 January 2002). "Wire rugby legend Brian Gregory dies of heart attack at 53". Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications.
  2. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  3. ↑ "Clawson is kept busy". The Guardian. 24 November 1973. p. 21. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Oldham Rugby League Player Statistics". Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Mather, Harold (27 November 1974). "Hull KR's persistence rewarded". The Guardian. p. 27. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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