Ken Gee

Ken Gee

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Gee
Born	(1916-09-23)23 September 1916 Wigan, Lancashire, England
Died	17 April 1989(1989-04-17) (aged 72)
Playing information
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1935–54 Wigan 559 54 508 1178 1943 → Oldham (guest) 1 0 0 0 Total 560 54 508 0 1178 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1942–51 Lancashire 12 1943–51 England 20 1946–51 Great Britain 17
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Kenneth "Ken" Gee (born 23 September 1916 – 17 April 1989) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, playing at representative level for Great Britain winning 17-caps between 1946 and 1951, England winning 18-caps between 1943 and 1951, and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums. He is an inductee of the Wigan Hall of Fame, having featured in Wigan's Rugby Football League Championship wins of 1945–46, 1946–47, and 1949–50 as well as their Challenge Cup victories of 1948 and 1951. He also won Lancashire Cup winner's medals seven times.

Gee's uncle, Sam, was also a rugby league forward, who played for Huddersfield and England. He is the grandfather of Oldham hooker Sam Gee.

Signing with his home town club Wigan in 1933, Ken Gee went on to play played at prop forward in Wigan's 10–7 victory over Salford in the 1938 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938. Gee played Tighthead-Prop for a Rugby League XIII against Northern Command XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.