Bev Risman
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Personal information
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| Full name | Augustus Beverley Walter Risman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 November 1937 Salford, Lancashire, England |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Fly Half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Stand-off, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP
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Augustus Beverley Walter Risman OBE (born 23 November 1937 in Salford, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union and rugby league footballer, a dual-code international, who later became a coach.
Son of rugby league legend Gus Risman, Bev played rugby union at fly-half for the English national side (8 Test appearances) and for the British Lions (4 Test appearances). His international representative debut was made in 1959 for England against Wales. His last international rugby union appearance was in 1961.
Switching codes he played for Leigh, Leeds and Lancashire. He won both the Challenge Cup and Championship with Leeds and represented Great Britain in 5 Test appearances. He captained the Great Britain squad in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup where he earned three of his rugby league Test caps.
Bev Risman played Fullback in Leigh's 4-15 defeat by St. Helens in the 1963 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 26 October 1963.
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