Benjamin Gronow

Ben Gronow

Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Gronow
Born	10 March 1887 Bridgend, Wales
Died	24 November 1967(1967-11-24) (aged 80) Huddersfield, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 190?–10 Bridgend Glamorgan County Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910 Wales 4 1 0 0 3
Rugby league
Position	Prop, Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910–25 Huddersfield 400 83 689 0 1621 1926–27 Grenfell 1927–28 Huddersfield 7 0 7 0 14 1928–29 Batley 16 0 22 0 44 1929–30 Featherstone Rovers 23 2 43 0 92 Total 446 85 761 0 1771 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910–23 Wales 8 0 9 0 18 1911–20 Great Britain 7 0 11 0 22 1921 Other Nationalities 2 1 5 0 13
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% Morley
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Benjamin "Ben" Gronow (10 March 1887 – 24 November 1967) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s. At club level Gronow played under the union code for Bridgend RFC, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales union team. He was often used as a utility forward. When he switched to professional league rugby he represented Huddersfield (twice), Grenfell, Batley, and Featherstone Rovers (Captain) (Heritage № 82), while at representative level, Gronow played for Great Britain, and Wales. His playing position varied under the league code being used as a prop, second-row, and loose forward/lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

While playing rugby union at Bridgend RFC, in 1910 Gronow won four caps for Wales. Gronow won eight caps for Wales under the league code, between 1910 and 1923 while playing for Huddersfield. Gronow was also capped for the Great Britain rugby league team while at Huddersfield, in 1911 against Australia (2 matches), and after being selected for the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches).