Austin Rhodes
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Personal information
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| Full name | Austin J. Rhodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 February 1937 St. Helens, Lancashire, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Fullback, Centre, Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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Austin J. Rhodes (born 25 February 1937) birth registered in St. Helens, Lancashire is an English professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for St. Helens, Leigh and Swinton, as a fullback, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, 6 or, 7, and coaching at club level for Pilkington Recs. Austin Rhodes was a pupil at St Austin's School in Thatto Heath.
Austin Rhodes won caps for Great Britain while at St. Helens in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, in the 1960 Rugby League World Cup against France (2-tries) and Australia (2-goals), and in 1961 against New Zealand.
Austin Rhodes played fullback, and scored 10-conversions in St. Helens' 44-22 victory over Hunslet in the Championship Final during the 1958–59 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 16 May 1959.
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