Alex Givvons
{{Short description|Wales international rugby league & union footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
|first = RU
|name = Alex Givvons
|fullname = Alexander Givvons
|image = Alexander Givvons - Oldham.jpeg
|imagesize = 192
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|birth_date = fourth ¼ 1913
|birth_place = Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales
|death_date = June 2002 (aged 88)
|death_place = Oldham, England
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|ru_position = Scrum-half
|position = {{rlp|SH|LF}}
|ru_club1 = Cross Keys RFC
|ru_year1start = ≤1932
|ru_year1end = 32
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|club1 = Oldham
|year1start = 1932
|year1end = ≥42
|appearances1 = 241
|tries1 = 54
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 162
|club2 = Huddersfield
|year2start = ≥1942
|year2end = ≤48
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|club3 = Oldham
|year3start = 1948
|year3end = 49
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|teamA = Wales
|yearAstart = 1936
|yearAend = 39
|appearancesA = 6
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|pointsA = 0
|new = yes
|retired = yes
|updated = 6 May 2010
|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alex-givvons/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105131055/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alex-givvons/summary.html|archive-date=5 November 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/referees/alec-givvons/summary.html|title=Alex Givvons Jr's Referee Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501225435/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/referees/alec-givvons/summary.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}
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Alexander Givvons (2 November 1913{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Tt66zPrdkuPBU8IMIvtreA&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}{{Cite web |title=GIVVONS, ALEXANDER (1913 - 2002), rugby player {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s14-GIVV-ALE-1913 |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=biography.wales}} – 14 June 2002) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cross Keys RFC, as a scrum-half, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Oldham (two spells) and Huddersfield, as a {{rlp|sh}} or {{rlp|lf}}.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}{{cite web|url=https://orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/player/Alex-Givvons/|title=Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk|publisher=orl-heritagetrust.org.uk|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}}
Background
Alex Givvons was born in Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales, he died aged 88 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
Playing career
=International honours=
Alex Givvons won caps for Wales (RL) while at Oldham 1936–1939 6-caps.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alex-givvons/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105131055/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alex-givvons/summary.html|archive-date=5 November 2012|url-status=live}}
=Challenge Cup Final appearances=
Alex Givvons played in Huddersfield's 7–4 victory over Bradford Northern in the first-leg of the 1944–45 Challenge Cup Final during the 1944–45 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, and in the 6–5-second-leg victory at Odsal Stadium, Bradford.Phill Melling, Tony Collins, Michael Turner (2004). "THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES. Crossing the Colour Line in Rugby League". Skipton : Vertical Editions. {{ISBN|1-904091-07-5}}
=County Cup Final appearances=
During Alex Givvons' time at Oldham, they had a 12–0 victory over St Helens Recs in the 1933–34 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1933–34 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 18 November 1933.
Honoured at Oldham RLFC
Alex Givvons is an Oldham Hall of Fame Inductee.{{cite web|url=http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/hall-of-fame#givvons|title=Oldham Hall of Fame|publisher=orl-heritagetrust.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222013136/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/hall-of-fame/#givvons|archive-date=22 December 2011|url-status=live}}
Honoured in Oldham
Genealogical information
Alex Givvons was the son of Alexander Givvons (Snr), and Johannah Dunn (birth registered second ¼ 1896) their marriage was registered during fourth ¼ 1915 in Newport district. Alex Givvons was the eldest brother of; Frank W. Givvons (birth registered fourth ¼ 1916 in Newport district), Mary M. Givvons (birth registered third ¼ 1918 in Newport district), Margaret F. Givvons (birth registered second ¼ 1920 in Newport district), and Trevor P. W. Givvons (birth registered third ¼ 1925 in Newport district). Alex Givvons' marriage to Eunice (née Clayton) (birth registered second ¼ 1914 in Oldham district) was registered during fourth ¼ 1934 in Oldham district.{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=gKwTdUdRh14YFsEYnca%2Fdg&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} They had children; future rugby union, and rugby league {{rlp|wg}}/{{rlp|ce}} 1950s and 1960s, for Oldham RUFC, St Patrick's ARLFC, Saddleworth Rangers ARLFC, Oldham St Anne's ARLFC, Halifax, Swinton, and Blackpool Borough, and referee of the 1970s and 1980s; Alexander Givvons, Jr.[http://www.roughyeds.co.uk/alex-givvons-jnr-dies-aged-82/][http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/13/local-sport-news/103090/tribute-paid-to-rugby-stalwart] (birth registered first ¼ 1935 – April 2017 (aged 82)) (Alex Givvons Jr. was the referee for Hull Kingston Rovers' 11–7 victory over Castleford in the 1971 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1971–72 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 21 August 1971), and Trevor A. Givvons (birth registered first ¼ {{birth year and age|1946}}).
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310110304/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/Hall%20of%20Fame.htm#givvons Oldham Hall of Fame]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120303103054/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_g.htm Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk]
- [http://www.wru.co.uk/5331.php Deaths Of Two Fine Rugby Men]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
{{Huddersfield - 1944–45 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Oldham R.L.F.C. Hall of Fame Inductees}}
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Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:Cross Keys RFC players
Category:Footballers who switched code
Category:Huddersfield Giants players
Category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Rugby league players from Newport, Wales
Category:Rugby league utility players
Category:Rugby union players from Newport, Wales
Category:Rugby union scrum-halves
Category:Wales national rugby league team players
Category:Welsh rugby league players