Bill Hopkin
William Henry Hopkin (1 July 1914 – 3 March 2002) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
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| Full name | William Henry Hopkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1914 Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 March 2002 (aged 87) Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hopkin was born in Newport, he played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Chepstow RFC, Gloucester RFC and Newport RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, played club level rugby league (RL) for Swinton,[1] and played association football (soccer) with Newport County reserves, he died in Newport aged 87.
International Honours
Bill Hopkin won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Newport RFC in 1937 against Scotland.[2]
References
- Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Search for "Hopkin" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at espnscrum.com
- Statistics at wru.co.uk
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at blackandambers.co.uk
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