Willie Horne
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| Full name | William Horne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 January 1922 Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England |
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| Died | 23 March 2001 (aged 79) Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Horne (23 January 1922 – 25 March 2001) was an English rugby league footballer. He played for Great Britain, England, Lancashire and Barrow between 1943 and 1959 and captained all four sides. He captained Great Britain in a test series against Australia (1952) in the days when Great Britain could beat the Aussies. In October 2014 he was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame, and is therefore regarded as one of the best 23 players in the history of the British game.
Horne played two games on trial with Oldham, but turned down the opportunity to join the club, and signed for his home town side Barrow instead in 1943.
Horne played Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6, in Barrow's 0–10 defeat by Wigan in the 1951 Challenge Cup Final during the 1950–51 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1951,
Horne played Stand-off/Five-eighth, and was captain in Barrow's 12–2 victory over Oldham in the 1954 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1954–55 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 23 October 1954.
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