Stan Brogden

{{Short description|GB & England international rugby league footballer}}

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|fullname = Stanley Brogden

|image = Stan Brogden - Pen Picture - Leeds.jpg

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1910|3|15|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Holbeck, Leeds, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1981|6|18|1910|3|15|df=yes}}

|death_place = Bradford, England

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|club1 = Bradford Northern

|year1start = 1927

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|year3start = 1934

|year3end = 38

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|updated = 13 June 2012

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/stan-brogden/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Brogden&submit=Go&c=England|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412081959/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Brogden&submit=Go&c=England|archivedate=12 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Brogden&submit=Go&c=GB|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001113/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Brogden&submit=Go&c=GB|archivedate=12 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}

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Stanley Brogden (15 March 1910{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=S2c7KMZKqPUnU3cIqgnogw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}} – 18 June 1981) was an English sportsman from the 1920s.

Brogden was a rugby union and rugby league footballer, professional sprinter and baseball player active in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern (two spells, including one as a World War II guest), Huddersfield, Leeds, Hull FC, Rochdale Hornets, St Helens R.F.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=14975|title=Stan Brogden|website=Saints Heritage Society|accessdate=27 Aug 2020}} and Salford, as a {{rlp|wg|ce}}, or {{rlp|so}},French, Ray (1989). 100 Great Rugby League Players [Page 35]. MacDonald Queen Anne Press. {{ISBN|0-356-17578-2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/profile/204235/stan-brogden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211004842/http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/profile/204235/stan-brogden|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2013|title=Statistics at hullfc.com|publisher=hullfc.com|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}} and representative level rugby union (RU) for British Empire Forces,{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/143347.html|title=Statistics at espnscrum.com|publisher=espnscrum.com|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}

Background

Stan Brogden's birth was registered in Holbeck, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 71 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

=International honours=

Stan Brogden won caps for England (RL) while at Bradford Northern in 1929 against Other Nationalities, while at Huddersfield in 1932 against Wales (2 matches), in 1933 against Other Nationalities, and Australia, while at Leeds in 1935 against France, and Wales, in 1936 against Wales (2 matches), and France, in 1938 against Wales, while at Hull in 1938 against Wales, in 1939 against France, in 1941 against Wales, in 1943 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Huddersfield in 1929–30 against Australia, in 1932 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), in 1933 against Australia (2 matches), while at Leeds in 1936 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), and in 1937 against Australia (2 matches).

In 1936, fellow tourist Arthur Atkinson counted Brogden's try in a tour match against New South Wales at Sydney as his most memorable moment in rugby to that date. He said {{blockquote|Thirty thousand spectators, 25 players, one referee and two touch-judges took that "dummy", so brilliantly was it made. Why, Woods, the wing-threequarter, actually dived over the line thinking that Brogden had passed the ball to him and that he had it safe for a try! But Brogden had kept the ball and he cut inside the last defender to put it down under the posts. Brogden in Australia was faster than any other player I had seen on a football field. He was so fast that sometimes I thought he would collapse.{{cite news |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=20 March 1936 |page=12 |title=With The R.L. Touring Team In Australia}}}}

=Championship final appearances=

Stan Brogden played at {{rlp|ce}} in Leeds' 2–8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship Final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938.{{cite web|url=http://britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/history-of-leeds-rugby-league-club.html|title=History of Leeds Rugby League Club|publisher=britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}

=Challenge Cup Final appearances=

Stan Brogden played at {{rlp|ce}} in Huddersfield's 21–17 victory over Warrington in the 1933 Challenge Cup Final during the 1932–33 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1933.{{cite web|url=http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Souvenir%20Brochures/Centenary_Brochure/CB11,%20Wembleys.PDF|title=Fartown At Wembley - "The Wembley Years" - 1933, 1935, 1953 And 1962|publisher=huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}

=County Cup Final appearances=

Stan Brogden played at {{rlp|ce}} in Leeds' 14–8 victory over Huddersfield in the 1937–38 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 30 October 1937.

=Club career=

Between 1929 and 1934, Brogden made 156 appearances for Huddersfield, scoring 90 tries.{{cite book|last=Gronow|first=David|title=100 Greats: Huddersfield Rugby League Football Club|date=2008|publisher=Stadia|location=Stroud|isbn=978-0-7524-4584-7|page=20}} Brogden made his début for Leeds against Wakefield Trinity at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Friday 30 March 1934.Dalby, Ken (1955). The Headingley Story – 1890–1955 – Volume One – Rugby. The Leeds Cricket, Football & Athletic Co. Ltd ASIN: B0018JNGVM

=Transfer records=

In 1929, Huddersfield paid Bradford Northern a fee of £1000 for Stan Brogden (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £158,200 in 2013).{{cite web|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare|title=Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds|publisher=Measuring Worth|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015}} In 1934, Leeds paid Huddersfield a then world record fee of £1200 for Stan Brogden (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £206,800 in 2013).

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/bbc_pundits/2055091.stm Tickle follows Lydon's lead]
(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182902/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3565/The%20Millennium%20Masters%20-%20Backs Bradford Bulls – The Millennium Masters – Backs]
[http://www.therhinos.co.uk/news/4361.php Leeds Rhinos : News : ON THIS DAY 30 March]
[http://www.therhinos.co.uk/news/4313.php Leeds Rhinos : News : ON THIS DAY 15 March]
(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130612025400/http://hullfc.com/past-players/B Stats → PastPlayers → B at hullfc.com]
(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20131211004842/http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/profile/204235/stan-brogden Statistics at hullfc.com]
[http://www.rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk/subjects/view/rugby-league-players-and-country-sports-events Rugby League players and country sports events]
[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1064 Photograph "Stanley Brogden" at rlhp.co.uk]
[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1065 Photograph "Bradford Northern 1927/28" at rlhp.co.uk]
[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1160 Photograph "Four Northern Greats" at rlhp.co.uk]
[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1797 Photograph "Rugby League v Rugby Union" at rlhp.co.uk]
[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=%22Stanley%20Brogden%22&retrievecountrycounts=false Search for "Stanley Brogden" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk]
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