Keith Bridges
{{short description|English rugby league footballer}}
{{for|the rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, his son|John Keith Bridges}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Keith Bridges
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|image = Keith Bridges - Castleford.jpeg
|imagesize = 192
|caption = Keith Bridges in 1959
|birth_date = 23 September 1929
|birth_place = Wakefield district, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2014|2|23|1929|9|23}}
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|height =
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|position = {{rlp|HK}}
|club1 = Wakefield Trinity
|year1start = 1954
|year1end = 57
|appearances1 = 36
|tries1 = 2
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 6
|club2 = Castleford
|year2start = Sep 1957
|year2end = 63
|appearances2 = 110
|tries2 = 4
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 12
|new = yes
|retired = yes
|updated = 5 March 2014
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| relatives = John Keith Bridges (son)
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Keith Bridges (1929{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Ihhw5qv%2F34oYn3pfZMihhQ&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014}} – 23 February 2014) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Sharlston Rovers,{{cite web|url=http://www.sharlstonrovers.co.uk|title=Sharlston Rovers|publisher=sharlstonrovers.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} Wakefield Trinity, and Castleford, as a {{rlp|hk}}.David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0752418957}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|title=Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)|publisher=thecastlefordtigers.co.uk |date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084010/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|archivedate=16 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=376|title=Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk|publisher=thecastlefordtigers.co.uk |date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601225831/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=376|archivedate=1 June 2012}}
Background
Keith Bridges' birth was registered in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was raised in Sharlston, he worked as a miner {{circa|1954}}, and as self-employed construction worker, he lived on Kimberley Street, Featherstone {{circa|1954}}, and he died aged 84 in Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.{{Cite web |url=http://announce.jpress.co.uk/37501123-obituary?s_source=jpno_weeo_weeo |title=Obituary at announce.jpress.co.uk |access-date=5 March 2014 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204191759/http://announce.jpress.co.uk/37501123-obituary?s_source=jpno_weeo_weeo |url-status=dead }}
Playing career
=County Cup Final appearances=
Keith Bridges played {{rlp|hk}} in Wakefield Trinity's 23–5 victory over Hunslet in the 1956–57 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1956.Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts – A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 – 1960. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/aLindley, John (1973). 100 Years of Rugby, The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873–1973''. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
=Club career=
Keith Bridges made his début for Wakefield Trinity in the 21–13 victory over Swinton at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 30 October 1954, and he played last match for Wakefield Trinity in the 14–14 draw with Castleford at Wheldon Road, Castleford on Tuesday 25 December 1956.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
Genealogical information
Keith Bridges' marriage to Brenda (née Barnsley) ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=OUkL7EAFF17cU%2B95Me2xnw&scan=1 birth registered] during second {{frac|1|4}} 1930 in Pontefract district) was registered during fourth {{frac|1|4}} 1948 in Pontefract district.{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=BULfrf8dAIh3nvzeIutDLQ&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} They had children; Gloria Bridges ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=iFc1Ja0AukCnB0zs0BzpLA&scan=1 birth registered] during third {{frac|1|4}} {{birth year and age|1949}} in Pontefract district), the future rugby league footballer, John Keith Bridges, Nadine E. Bridges ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=cgvGU07xNBxOEnh48WrHJA&scan=1 birth registered] during second {{frac|1|4}} {{birth year and age|1957}} in Pontefract district), and Beverley Bridges ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=yL9GmvE8dt4xQL1tuARiVg&scan=1 birth registered] during first {{frac|1|4}} {{birth year and age|1962}} in Pontefract district).{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Bridges Search for "Bridges" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601225831/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=376|date=1 June 2012|title=Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk}}
- [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=%22Keith%20Bridges%22&retrievecountrycounts=false Search for "Keith Bridges" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=230 Photograph 'Autographs 1958-59 - Castleford 1958/59 season. Barry Walsh...' at castigersheritage.com]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=244 Photograph 'Autographs 1960s - Undated 1960s autographs - Ken Pye...' at castigersheritage.com]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=245 Photograph 'Autographed programme 1959 - 7 May 1959 Castleford v Harry Street's XIII Charlie Howard Testimonial Match official programme front page' at castigersheritage.com]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=257 Photograph 'autographed programme 1961 - 18 March 1961 Castleford v Hull KR' at castigersheritage.com]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=605&z=3 Photograph '7 March 1959. Away v HKR RLC Cup 2nd Round lost 20-0' at castigersheritage.com]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=605&z=4 Photograph '12 December 1959. Away v Leeds lost 29-15' at castigersheritage.com]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=605&z=5 Photograph 1959-1960' at castigersheritage.com (same photograph as archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=606)]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=606 Photograph '1959-1960' at castigersheritage.com (same photograph as archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=605&z=5)]
- [http://archive.castigersheritage.com/?d=true&i=606&z=1 Photograph '1960-1961' at castigersheritage.com]
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Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Castleford Tigers players
Category:English rugby league players
Category:People from Sharlston
Category:Rugby league players from West Yorkshire