Bill Hopkin
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Henry Hopkin | |||||
| Nickname | Bill | |||||
| Born | 1 July 1914 Newport, Wales | |||||
| Died | 3 March 2002 (aged 87) Newport, Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Chepstow RFC | ||||||
| Gloucester RFC | ||||||
| 1935–44 | Newport RFC | 68 | 26 | 78 | ||
| Total | 68 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1937 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≥1944–≥44 | Swinton | |||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
William "Bill" Henry Hopkin (1 July 1914 – 3 March 2002) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s.
Hopkin was born in Newport, and 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
- Profile at blackandambers.co.uk
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