John Higson
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Personal information
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| Full name | John William Higson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Willie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July→September 1887 Pontefract district |
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| Died | October→December 1958 (aged 74) Wakefield district |
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Playing information
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| Position | Prop, Hooker, Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John William "Willie" Higson (birth registered during July→September 1887 – death registered October→December 1958) birth registered in Pontefract district, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (twice, pre & post-Northern Union) (Heritage № 17), Hunslet, Huddersfield, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 321), as a Prop, Hooker, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9, or 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, his death was registered in Wakefield district.
John Higson won caps for England while at Hunslet in 1908 against Wales, and in 1909 against Australia (twice), and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1908 against Australia, and in 1909 against Australia.
John Higson played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000.
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