Ronald "Ron" Morgan (born 21 January 1936) is an English-born Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Ebbw Vale, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Swinton and Leeds as prop, or second-row.[1][2]
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| Full name | Ronald Morgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 January 1936 Bradford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editRon Morgan was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he has Welsh ancestors, and eligible to play for Wales due to the grandparent rule.
Playing career
editInternational honours
editRon Morgan won caps for Wales (RL) while at Leeds in 1963 against England, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Swinton in 1963 against France and Australia; With Leeds in 1968 against France, and New Zealand.[1]
County honours
editRon Morgan won one cap for Yorkshire (RL) while at Swinton in 1963–64 season.
Championships appearances
editRon Morgan played in Swinton's victories in the Championship during the 1962–63 season and the 1963–64 season
County Cup Final appearances
editRon Morgan played at prop and was sent-off in Swinton's 4–7 defeat by St. Helens in the 1962–63 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1962–63 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 27 October 1962.
Club career
editRon Morgan made his début for Swinton, and scored a hat-trick of tries against Liverpool Stanley on Saturday 7 October 1961, and he was transferred from Swinton to Leeds Rhinos for a transfer fee of £4500 c. 1964 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £218,900 in 2017),[3]
Genealogical information
editRon Morgan is the son of the rugby union and rugby league footballer; Bill Morgan, and the nephew of a rugby league footballer who played for Wigan.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "Heritage Numbers - In Debut Order". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.