Brian Radford
{{Short description|Wales international rugby league & union footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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|birth_place = Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, Wales
|death_date = {{circa|2007}}
|death_place = Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, Wales
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|position = {{rlp|PR|SR}}
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|club1 = Bradford Northern
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|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/b-radford/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{Rugby league records |id=9999 |title=Brian Radford |access-date=4 April 2025}}
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Brian Radford (birth unknown – {{circa|2007}}) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Kenfig Hill RFC, Aberavon RFC and Neath RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Bradford Northern, as a {{rlp|pr}} or {{rlp|sr}}.{{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}}
Background
Brian Radford was born in Kenfig Hill, Wales, and he died in Kenfig Hill, Wales.
Playing career
=International honours=
=Championship final appearances=
Brian Radford played at {{rlp|pr}} in Bradford Northern's 6-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1951–52 season at Leeds Road, Huddersfield on Saturday 10 May 1952.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=435|title=1951–1952 Championship Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212192432/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=435|url-status=dead}}
=Challenge Cup Final appearances=
Brian Radford played in every round of the Challenge Cup but was left out for the final, fellow Welshman Frank Whitcombe played at {{rlp|pr}}, with Barry Tyler moving back in to the {{rlp|sr}} in Bradford Northern's 12-0 victory over Halifax in the 1949 Challenge Cup Final during the 1948-49 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 7 May 1949.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1193 Photograph "Northern Greats" at rlhp.co.uk]
- [http://www.kenfighillrfc.org.uk/readarticle.php?article_id=165 First Class Players at kenfighillrfc.org.uk]{{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
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Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Bradford Bulls players
Category:Kenfig Hill RFC players
Category:Rugby league players from Bridgend County Borough
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Rugby union players from Kenfig Hill
Category:Wales national rugby league team players
Category:Welsh rugby league players