Joe Thompson (rugby)
Joseph Francis Thompson (22 December 1902 – 13 October 1983) was an English-born dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cross Keys RFC, as a number eight, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, as a prop, second-row, or loose forward, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums, he died in Leeds.
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Full name | Joseph Francis Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 December 1902 Hambrook, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 October 1983 (aged 80) Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Number Eight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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