Jim Brough Rugby player

James "Gentleman Jim" Wasdale Brough (5 November 1903 – 16 September 1986) born in Silloth, Cumberland, was an English dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s, and rugby league coach of the 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and Cumberland, and at club level for Silloth RUFC [2], as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (Captain), and England, and at club level for Leeds, as a Fullback, or Centre, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, and coaching representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Workington Town, he died in Workington, Cumbria.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 05, 1903
Birth place
Silloth
Date of deathSeptember 16, 1986
Place of death
Workington

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