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Full name | Albert Halsall | |||||
Born | 19 April 1942 Wigan district, England |
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Died | 25 August 2011 | (aged 69)|||||
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Height | Wigan, England | |||||
Weight | 15 st 7 lb (98.4 kg; 217.0 lb) | |||||
Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
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Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1966–66 | Salford | |||||
1966–70 | St. Helens | 114+8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
1970–≥70 | Swinton | |||||
Total | 122 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≥1966–≤70 | Lancashire | 3 | ||||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk |
Albert Halsall (born 19 April 1942 in Wigan district[1] — died 25 August 2011 (aged 69) in Wigan) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, and '70s playing at representative level for Lancashire, and at club level for Salford, St. Helens, and Swinton, as a Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
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Albert Halsall represented Lancashire on three occasions while at St. Helens.[2]
Albert Halsall played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, scored 3-tries, and was man of the match winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy in St. Helens' 35-12 victory over Halifax in the 1965-66 Rugby Football League Championship final at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 May 1966, and played Left-Prop in St. Helens' 24-12 victory over Leeds in the 1969-70 Rugby Football League Championship final at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 16 May 1970.
Albert Halsall played in St. Helens' 1965-66, 1966-67, and 1968-69 Lancashire League victories.
Albert Halsall played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8 in St. Helens' 21-2 victory over Wigan in the 1965-66 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 21 May 1966.
Albert Halsall played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8 in St. Helens' 4-7 defeat to Leigh in the 1970–71 Lancashire Cup final at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 November 1970, and played in Swinton's 11-25 defeat to Salford in the 1972–73 Lancashire Cup final at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 21 October 1972.
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Coordinates: 53°35′02″N 2°57′11″W / 53.584°N 2.953°W
Halsall is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, located close to Ormskirk on the A5147 and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. As of 2011, the parish has a population of 2,057 and covers an area of 2,801 hectares (28.01 km2; 10.81 sq mi). The church and much of the village stand on a rocky ridge, in marked contrast to the low-lying flat peat mossland between the ridge and the sand of Ainsdale and Birkdale.
In Halsall there is one church dedicated to St. Cuthbert, which dates from the 14th century, the Rector is the Rev. Paul Robinson. There is a junior school, St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School with around 140 pupils from age 4 to 11. The Saracen's Head is a large public house on the banks of the canal. There is also a post office, a garage, a financial adviser office (in what used to be the Halsall Arms public house) and a phone box. Halsall now has a pharmacy, situated by the playing fields. The central feature in the village is the war memorial located in front of the church on what is now a traffic island.
Halsall is a toponymic surname of English origin, derived from the village of Halsall in Lancashire.
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Halsall is a village in Lancashire, England.
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