Dave Valentine

David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976) was a Scottish representative rugby union and World Cup winning rugby league footballer, a dual-code rugby international who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1960s.

For the American Jazz flautist, see Dave Valentin.

Dave Valentine
Valentine with rugby league's World Cup, 1954
Personal information
Full nameDavid Donald Valentine
Born(1926-09-12)12 September 1926
Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Died14 August 1976(1976-08-14) (aged 49)
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Hawick RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1947 Scotland 2 0
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row, Loose forward, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1947–57 Huddersfield 356 216
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–54 Great Britain 15 2 6
1949–55 Other Nationalities 16 4 12
1949–52 British Empire XIII 2 1 3
1954 Combined Nationalities 1 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Huddersfield
1966–67 Batley
Total 0 0 0 0
As of 4 February 2021
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