Horace Duckett

{{short description|England international rugby union & league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = Horace Duckett

|fullname = Horace Duckett

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|birth_date = 11 October 1867

|birth_place = Thornton, Bradford, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1939|3|3|1867|10|11}}

|death_place = Todmorden, England

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|ru_position = Half-backs

|ru_club1 = Bradford F.C.

|ru_year1start = ≤1893

|ru_year1end = 95

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|club1 = Bradford F.C.

|year1start = 1895

|year1end = 97

|appearances1 = ≥21

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|club2 = Heckmondwike

|year2start = 1897

|year2end = 98

|appearances2 = 8

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|ru_teamA = England

|ru_yearAstart = 1893

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|ru_appearancesA = 2

|ru_triesA = 0

|ru_goalsA = 0

|ru_fieldgoalsA = 0

|ru_pointsA = 0

|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 14 June 2012

|source = [http://www.espnscrum.com espnscrum.com]

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Horace Duckett (11 October 1867{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VhSRQGfVuEPgdCPIuXZgrw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} – 3 March 1939{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=YxsISyEYXn4cueDgWFlq2g&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}) was a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., as a half-back, e.g. scrum-half, or fly-half, and club level rugby league (RL) for Bradford F.C. and Heckmondwike.{{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|page= 178}} Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford F.C. was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue.