Paul Deacon
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| Full name | Paul Deacon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 February 1979 Wigan, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 11 lb (81 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Deacon (born 13 February 1979 in Wigan, England) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. A Great Britain and England international representative stand-off half back, he played in Super League for English clubs Oldham, Bradford (who named him in their "Team of the Century", having won the 2001, 2003 and 2005 Super League Grand Finals, the 2003 Challenge Cup and the 2002 World Club Challenge), and his home-town club, Wigan (with whom he won the 2010 Super League Grand Final and 2011 Challenge Cup). Deacon followed this with becoming a member of Wigan's coaching staff, working closely with manager Shaun Wane.
Hailing from Standish near Wigan, a former Hindley amateur, Deacon made his senior professional début four days before his 18th birthday as a substitute for Oldham in a 48–6 RL Challenge Cup fourth round home defeat of Rochdale Hornets on 9 February 1997. He made only four appearances for Oldham before moving to Bradford. He has been one of Bradford's most influential players in the 21st century so far. He signed for Bradford from Oldham and came through the youth system at the same time as Jamie Peacock and Stuart Fielden. Deacon scored a try and goal on his début for Bradford at scrum-half in a 36–10 Super League home defeat of Huddersfield on 28 June 1998. Deacon won caps for England while at Bradford in 1999 against France (2 matches). Deacon played for Bradford Bulls from the interchange bench in the 1999 Super League Grand Final which was lost to St. Helens.
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