Sandy Orford
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Personal information
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| Full name | Edwin James "Sandy" Orford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sandy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
5 December 1911 Pontypool district |
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| Died | 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin J. "Sandy" Orford (5 December 1911 in Pontypool district – 1986) was a Welsh professional wrestler of the 1940s, and 1950s, wrestling trainer of the 1950s, and 1960s, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Dewsbury, and Bradford Northern (twice), and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 449), as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
Sandy Orford won 4 caps for Wales in 1939–1944 while at Wakefield Trinity.
Sandy Orford played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in Wakefield Trinity's 9-12 defeat by Featherstone Rovers in the 1940 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1939–40 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 June 1940.
Sandy Orford played left-second-row for a Rugby League XIII against Northern Command XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.
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