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Full name | Gerald Dunn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Redcar, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Rugby union
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Rugby league
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Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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Ged Dunn is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and coached rugby league in the 1980s, and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union for Yorkshire, and at club level for Redcar RUFC. Dunn then played representative level rugby league for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, as a three quarter back. He then coached the Hull Kingston Rovers.
Dunn represented Yorkshire v Ulster in 1969, and was signed by Hull Kingston Rovers from Redcar RUFC in 1971. He made debut for Hull Kingston Rovers in 1971 playing centre, but was moved to the wing to utilise his pace. Prolific try scorer gaining County Honours. Broke Hull Kingston Rovers tries in a season record in 1974 with 42. Is joint record holder for tries in one match scoring 6 in 1974. Was top of Rugby League try scorers also in 1974–75
Dunn won caps for England while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1975 against Wales, in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, Australia, and Australia, in 1975 against Papua New Guinea, and in 1977 against France.
Dunn played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing Wing Clive Sullivan) and scored a try in Hull Kingston Rovers's 16-13 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1974 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974, and played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in the 11-15 defeat by Leeds in the 1975 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1975–76 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 November 1975.