Gerry Lowe
{{Short description|English rugby league and union footballer (1927–2018)}}
{{for|the politician|Gerry Lowe (politician)}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
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|name = Gerry Lowe
|fullname = Gerard Lowe
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1927|11|16}}
|birth_place = Warrington, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|2|1927|11|16|df=y}}
|death_place = Altrincham, England
|ru_position =
|position = {{rlp|PR|SR}}
|club1 = Warrington
|year1start = 1950
|year1end = 56
|appearances1 = 129
|tries1 = 12
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 36
|club2 = Keighley
|year2start = 1956
|year2end = 59
|appearances2 = 95
|tries2 = 5
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 15
|teamA = Lancashire
|yearAstart = 1954
|yearAend = 55
|appearancesA = 4
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
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|pointsA = 0
|retired = yes
|source = {{Rugby league records |id=19253 |title=Gerry Lowe |access-date=16 March 2025}}
}}
Gerry Lowe (16 November 1927 – 2 March 2018){{cite news |title=Warrington lose final link with title team |newspaper=Rugby Leaguer & League Express |date=12 March 2018 |page=39 |issue=3,112}} was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Warrington RUFC{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/Warrington|title=Warrington RUFC at pitchero.com|publisher=pitchero.com|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} and club level rugby League (RL) for Warrington, and Keighley, as a {{rlp|pr}} or {{rlp|sr}}.
Background
Gerry Lowe was born in Warrington, Lancashire, England, and he died aged 90 in Altrincham, Trafford.
Playing career
=Warrington=
Lowe joined Warrington in 1950 and was a member of the squad that won the Lancashire League four times in six seasons during the 1950s; 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55 and 1955–56.
Gerry Lowe made his début for Warrington on Friday 7 April 1950 at Widnes, and he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 11 February 1956 in a Challenge Cup game against St. Helens.{{cite magazine |title= Gerry Lowe - Warrington & Keighley |work=Rugby League Journal |issue=63 |date=Summer 2018 |page=31}}
In his first season with Warrington Lowe played at {{rlp|sr}}, in Warrington's 19–0 victory over Widnes in the 1949–50 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1950, in front of a crowd of 94,249.
In 1954 he played at {{rlp|pr}} in the 4–4 draw with Halifax in the 1954 Challenge Cup Final during the 1953–54 season at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 24 April 1954, in front of a crowd of 81,841 and played in the same position as Warrington won 8–4 in the replay at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, on Wednesday 5 May 1954, in front of a record crowd of 102,575 or more.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/mud-blood-and-memories-of-the-day-when-102575-made-history-at-odsal-59103.html|title=Mud, blood and memories of the day when 102,575 made history at Odsal|work=The Independent|date=31 December 2004|accessdate=1 January 2005}}
=Keighley=
After leaving Warrington, Lowe joined Keighley where he scored 5 tries in 95 appearances between 1956 and 1959.{{cite web |url=https://keighleycougars.com/r-i-p-gerry-lowe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054355/https://keighleycougars.com/r-i-p-gerry-lowe/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 March 2018|title=R.I.P Gerry Lowe |publisher=Keighley Cougars |date=6 March 2018 |accessdate=8 March 2018}}
Representative games
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Lowe Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk]
{{Warrington - 1950 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Warrington - 1954 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
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Category:English rugby league players
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Keighley Cougars players
Category:Lancashire rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league players from Warrington
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Rugby union players from Warrington