Harold Wagstaff
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Personal information
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| Full name | Harold Wagstaff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Waggy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 May 1891 Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Died | 19 July 1939 (aged 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harold Wagstaff (9 May 1891 – 19 July 1939) was an English rugby league footballer of the early 20th century. He played as a Centre and was nicknamed the Prince of Centres. A captain of the Great Britain national team, he also played representative football for England and Yorkshire. Wagstaff has been inducted into the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame and the Huddersfield Giants Hall of Fame.
Wagstaff was born in the village of Underbank within Holmfirth on 9 May 1891 and first played at local amateur side, Underbank Rangers, aged 14.
Wagstaff's first professional game, for Huddersfield in 1906, was at the age of 15 years and 175 days. He was thus the youngest person to play professional rugby league. He then became the youngest representative in rugby league football when he turned out for Yorkshire age 17 years and 141 days, and a few months later made his début for England against the first ever touring Australian side: the 'First Kangaroos' of 1908.
By 1912 Wagstaff was appointed captain of Huddersfield, aged 19. He captained Huddersfield at centre in their 2-8 loss against Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910, played Right-Centre, i,e, number 3, and scored a try in the 22-10 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1911 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1911–12 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 25 November 1911,
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