Danny Wilson (rugby league)
Personal information | ||||||
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Born | 1955 (age 60–61) Wales | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Position | Fly-half | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Cardiff | ||||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Stand-off | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1976–77 | Widnes | |||||
1980–88 | Swinton | |||||
Runcorn Highfield | ||||||
Springfield Borough | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1981–84 | Wales | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Donald James "Danny" Wilson (born 1955) is a British former professional rugby league player of the 1970s and 1980s. A Wales national representative stand-off half back, he played his club rugby for Widnes,[1] Swinton,[2] Runcorn Highfield and Springfield Borough.[3]
Born in Wales to a Welsh mother and a Sierra Leonean father, Wilson played rugby union for Cardiff RFC as a fly-half before moving north to play professionally in rugby league.
Wilson once scored five drop goals in a match for Swinton.[4]
Wilson won five caps for Wales while at Swinton, in 1981–82 and 1984.[5]
Wilson is the father of retired Manchester United footballer and former Welsh international Ryan Giggs,[6][7] who was christened Ryan Joseph Wilson but as a teenager changed his surname to that of his mother.[6] Giggs is said to have inherited his balance and athleticism from his father.[6]
References
- ↑ "Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "A Brief History". swintonlionsrlc.co.uk (Swinton Lions). 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book". pp. 108–114. London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
- ↑ David Lawrenson (2007). "The Rugby League Miscellany [Page-6]". Vision Sport Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905326-30-3
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 Hughes, Rob (3 March 2009). "Ferguson and Giggs, side by side at ManU". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ Wheeler, Chris (17 November 2006). "Different Giggs, different league . . . but every bit as Red". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
External links
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Swinton Lions > Club > A Brief History
- Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv