Dave Valentine

Dave Valentine

Valentine with rugby league's World Cup, 1954
Full name	David Donald Valentine
Date of birth	12 September 1926
Place of birth	Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Date of death	14 August 1976(1976-08-14) (aged 49)
Place of death	Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Rugby league career
Position(s) Second-row, Loose forward/Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1947–1957 Huddersfield 356 ((216)) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1948–1954 1949–1955 1949–1952 1954 Great Britain Other Nationalities British Empire XIII Combined Nationalities 15 16 2 1 ((6) (12) (3) (0))
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1947 Scotland 2 ((0))

Position(s)	Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1947–1957	Huddersfield	356	((216))
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1948–1954 1949–1955 1949–1952 1954	Great Britain Other Nationalities British Empire XIII Combined Nationalities	15 16 2 1	((6) (12) (3) (0))

Position(s)	Flanker
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1947	Scotland	2	((0))

David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976) was a Scottish representative rugby union and Rugby League World Cup winning footballer, a dual-code rugby international of the 1940s and 1950s.

He made his rugby union international debut as a flanker for Scotland against Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations Championship and was also selected in the fixture that year against England.

His older brother Alec Valentine also played for Scotland, and his younger brother Rob played rugby union for South of Scotland, and later switched to rugby league playing for Great Britain.

In October 1947 Valentine signed to play rugby league with English club Huddersfield, where he would join another five ex-Hawick players.

Valentine's rugby league career was with the Huddersfield club where he played as a Loose forward. He played in all three Tests of the 1948–49 victorious Ashes series.

He played for the British Empire XIII versus New Zealand on Wednesday 23 January 1952 at Stamford Bridge and in the 2nd and 3rd Tests of the 1952 Ashes series.

Dave Valentine played Loose forward/Lock in Huddersfield's 15-10 victory over St. Helens in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final during the 1952-53 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 25 April 1953, in front of a crowd of 89,588.

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