Tommy Harris (rugby)
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Personal information
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| Full name | Percival Thomas Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bomber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1927 Crumlin, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
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| Died | 27 September 2006 (aged 79) York, North Yorkshire, England |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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Coaching information
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Percival Thomas "Tommy" Harris (1927 — 2006), was a British professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s, and 1960s. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played for English club Hull, where he remained for his entire playing career, ultimately becoming an inductee in the club's Hall of Fame. Nicknamed "Bomber", with Great Britain he won the 1960 Rugby League World Cup and also set the record for most test matches for Great Britain of any hooker. With Hull, Harris won the 1960 Lance Todd Trophy. He later coached York.
Harris was born on 5 June 1927 at Crumlin in Monmouthshire, and played rugby union with Newbridge.
In 1949 four players left the Newbridge club to play professional rugby league football in the 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season: Harris and Bill Hopkins to Hull, Granville James to Hunslet, and Glyn Meredith to Wakefield Trinity. He went on to gain selection to play international matches for Wales as well. Harris was selected to play for Great Britain in the inaugural Rugby League World Cup, the 1954 tournament.
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