Joe Thompson (rugby)
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Personal information
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| Full name | Joseph Francis Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Joe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1902 Hambrook, England |
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| Died | 13 October 1983 (aged 80) Leeds, England |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Number Eight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Prop, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph "Joe" Francis Thompson (22 December 1902 — 13 October 1983 (aged 80)) born in Hambrook, was an English born Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cross Keys RFC, as a Number Eight, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, as a Prop, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13, during the contested scrums, he died in Leeds.
In 1923, aged 20, Joe Thompson became a Dual-code rugby international, first playing in the Wales (RU) team at Twickenham Stadium and later that year for Wales (RL) in the rugby league international at the Fartown Ground, Huddersfield.
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