John Freeman (rugby)
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Personal information
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| Full name | John Freeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Johnny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Died | (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: rugbyleagueproject.org
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John "Johnny" Freeman (April→June 1934 – 23 June 2017), born in Cardiff, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff International Athletic Club, as a Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax, as a wing, or centre, i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.
He died on 23 June 2017.
Johnny Freeman represented Wales (RL) while at Halifax in 1963 against France at Stade des Minimes, Toulouse on Sunday 17 February 1963.
After scoring 38 tries in the first 20 games of the 1957–58 Northern Rugby Football League season Johnny Freeman also looked set to take a place on the 1958 British Lions tour to Australasia. However, a knee injury in December 1957 cut short his international ambitions, and put him out of the game for a year.
Johnny Freeman played left wing, and scored a try, in Halifax's 9-10 defeat by Hull in the Championship Final during the 1955–56 season at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 12 May 1956, and played left wing in the 15-7 victory over St. Helens in the Championship Final during the 1964–65 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 May 1965.
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