Geoff Gunney
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Personal information
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| Full name | Geoffrey Gunney (MBE) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Geoff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 November 1933 Armley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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Geoffrey "Geoff" Gunney (MBE) (born 9 November 1933 ) born in Leeds South District, is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hunslet, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Wakefield Trinity.
Gunney was born on 9 November 1933 in Armley, a suburb in the west of Leeds. He made his debut for Hunslet in 1951. He spent his entire career with Hunslet, and went on to make 579 appearances for Hunslet until his retirement in 1973.
Geoff Gunney represented the Rest of the World in the 11-20 defeat by Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on 29 June 1957, represented Great Britain & France in the 37-31 victory over New Zealand at Carlaw Park, Auckland on 3 July 1957, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1954 against New Zealand (3 matches), in 1956 against Australia, in 1957 against France (3 matches), in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup against France, and New Zealand, in 1964 against France, in 1965 against France.
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