Norman Fender
{{short description|GB & Wales dual-code international rugby footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Norman Fender
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Norman Henry Fender
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|9|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|10|24|1910|9|2|df=yes}}
| death_place = York, England
| occupation = labourer
licensee
| school = Ninian Park School
| height =
| weight =
| ru_position = Flanker
| amatyears1 = 1927–31
| amatteam1 = Cardiff RFC
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| repyears1 = 1930–31
| repcaps1 = 6
| reppoints1 = 3
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| module = {{infobox rugby league biography | embed = yes
| position = Forward
| year1start = 1931 | year1end = 38
| club1 = York
| appearances1 = 228
| points1 = 100
| teamA = Wales
| teamB = Great Britain{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/norman-fender/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
| yearAstart = 1932 | yearAend = 38
| yearBstart = 1932
| appearancesA = 9
| appearancesB = 0
| pointsA = 3
| pointsB = 0
}}
}}
Norman Henry Fender (2 September 1910 – 24 October 1983) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Cardiff as a flanker and rugby league with York. He won six caps for Wales at rugby union, and also represented Wales at rugby league. In 1932/33 he toured Australasia with Great Britain.{{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}}
Playing career
=International honours=
Norman Fender won caps for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff RFC in 1930 against Ireland, and France, and in 1931 against England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, represented Great Britain (RL) while at York on the 1932/33 tour to Australasia playing in 14 tour (non-Test matches), scoring 11-tries, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at York 1932...1938 9-caps.
=County Cup Final appearances=
Norman Fender played {{rlp|lf}}, and scored a goal in York's 9–2 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1936 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1936.
=Club career=
Norman Fender made his début for York on Saturday 29 August 1931, and played his last match on Sunday 18 September 1938.
Honoured at York Rugby League
The first seven players to be inducted into the York Rugby League Hall of Fame during March 2013 were; Geoffrey Pryce, Gary Smith, Vic Yorke, Norman Fender, Willie Hargreaves, Basil Watts and Edgar Dawson.{{cite web|url=http://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php/topic/238006-knights-launch-york-rugby-league-hall-of-fame|title=Knights launch York Rugby League Hall of Fame|publisher=yorkpress.co.uk|date=17 March 2013|accessdate=17 March 2013}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book|last=Godwin|first=Terry|title=The International Rugby Championship 1883–1983|year=1984|publisher=Willow Books|location=Grafton Street, London|isbn=0-00-218060-X}}
- {{Cite book|last=Smith|first=David|author2=Williams, Gareth|title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union|year=1980|publisher=University of Wales Press|location=Cardiff|isbn=0-7083-0766-3}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7930925.Apparent__non__to_York_Wasps_move/ Fender the first of York's Lions]
- [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7929065.University_challenge/?ref=arc Fender gets the plaudits]
{{Great Britain squad – 1932 Australia & New Zealand Tourists}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fender, Norman}}
Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Dual-code rugby internationals
Category:Rugby league players from Cardiff
Category:Rugby union players from Cardiff
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Wales national rugby league team players
Category:Welsh rugby league players