Hubert Lockwood
{{short description|English rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
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|image = Hubert Lockwood - Halifax.jpeg
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|birth_date = 26 January 1909
|birth_place = Huddersfield, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|5|25|1909|1|26|df=y}}
|death_place = Huddersfield, England
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|position = {{rlp|FB}}
|club1 = Huddersfield
|year1start = 1931
|year1end = 34
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|club2 = Halifax
|year2start = 1934
|year2end = 46
|appearances2 = 348
|tries2 = 6
|goals2 = 819
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 1656
|teamA = Yorkshire
|yearAstart = 1936
|yearAend = 38
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Hubert Lockwood (26 January 1909 – 25 May 2005) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and cricketer. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Huddersfield R.U.F.C., and representative rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield and Halifax, as a goal-kicking {{rlp|fb}}.
Background
Hubert Lockwood was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he founded a laundry and dry cleaning business with a shop in Elland in 1953, and he died aged 96 at Kirkwood Hospice, Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
=County Honours=
=Challenge Cup Final appearances=
Hubert Lockwood played {{rlp|fb}}, and scored four goals, in Halifax's 20–3 victory over Salford in the 1938–39 Challenge Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1939, in front of a crowd of 55,453, and played {{rlp|fb}} in the 10-15 defeat by Leeds in the 1941–42 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season on Saturday 6 June 1942.Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 47 – 1941–42". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
=Club career=
Hubert Lockwood changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league when he transferred from Huddersfield (RU) to Huddersfield (RL), he transferred from Huddersfield to Halifax on 27 January 1934, he made his dêbut for Halifax on Saturday 27 January 1934, and he played his last match for Halifax on Monday 22 April 1946.
Honoured at Halifax
Hubert Lockwood is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.{{cite web|url=http://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/club_information/hall_of_fame |title=Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame |publisher=halifaxrlfc.co.uk |date=31 December 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910011008/http://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/club_information/hall_of_fame |archivedate=10 September 2013 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/hubert-lockwood-1-2368981 Obituary - Hubert Lockwood]
- [https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/challenge-cup-winner-rl-stalwart-5080494 Challenge Cup winner and RL stalwart]
- [https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/glory-day-for-the-fax-1-1899280 Glory day for the Fax]
- [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-thrum-hall-tradition-ends-after112-years-1151908.html Rugby League: Thrum Hall tradition ends after 112 years]
- [https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/48680/dave-flemings-blast-from-the-past Dave Fleming's Blast from the Past]
- [https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/our_club/hall_of_fame Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226093004/http://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/our_club/hall_of_fame |date=26 February 2016 }}
- [http://www.laundryandcleaningnews.com/features/featurejohn-lockwood John Lockwood]
- [https://www.spenboroughguardian.co.uk/news/fifties-glamour-marks-half-century-1-1462047 Fifties Glamour Marks Half Century]
{{Halifax RLFC - 1938–39 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame Inductees}}
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Category:English rugby league players
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Halifax Panthers players
Category:Huddersfield Giants players
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Category:Rugby league players from Huddersfield
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Category:Rugby union players from Huddersfield