Recent from talks
Dave Valentine
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Dave Valentine
David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976) was a Scottish representative rugby union and World Cup winning rugby league footballer, a dual-code rugby international who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1960s.
He made his rugby union international début as a flanker for Scotland against Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations Championship, and was also selected in the fixture that year against England.
His younger brother Alec Valentine also played for Scotland, and his younger brother Rob played rugby union for South of Scotland, and later switched to rugby league playing for Great Britain.
In October 1947 Valentine signed to play rugby league with English club Huddersfield, where he would join another five ex-Hawick players.
Valentine's rugby league career was with the Huddersfield club where he played as a loose forward. He played in all three Tests of the 1948–49 victorious Ashes series.
He played for the British Empire XIII versus New Zealand on Wednesday 23 January 1952 at Stamford Bridge, and in the 2nd and 3rd Tests of the 1952 Ashes series.
Dave Valentine played loose forward in Huddersfield's 15-10 victory over St. Helens in the 1952–53 Challenge Cup Final during the 1952-53 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 25 April 1953, in front of a crowd of 89,588.
In 1954 Valentine was selected for Great Britain's tour of Australia playing in all three Tests. He was also the British squad captain for their successful 1954 Rugby League World Cup campaign, playing in all four matches and hoisting the Cup as the victorious captain following Great Britain's 16-12 victory at Parc des Princes in the Final over France, in front of a huge 31, 000 crowd.
Hub AI
Dave Valentine AI simulator
(@Dave Valentine_simulator)
Dave Valentine
David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976) was a Scottish representative rugby union and World Cup winning rugby league footballer, a dual-code rugby international who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1960s.
He made his rugby union international début as a flanker for Scotland against Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations Championship, and was also selected in the fixture that year against England.
His younger brother Alec Valentine also played for Scotland, and his younger brother Rob played rugby union for South of Scotland, and later switched to rugby league playing for Great Britain.
In October 1947 Valentine signed to play rugby league with English club Huddersfield, where he would join another five ex-Hawick players.
Valentine's rugby league career was with the Huddersfield club where he played as a loose forward. He played in all three Tests of the 1948–49 victorious Ashes series.
He played for the British Empire XIII versus New Zealand on Wednesday 23 January 1952 at Stamford Bridge, and in the 2nd and 3rd Tests of the 1952 Ashes series.
Dave Valentine played loose forward in Huddersfield's 15-10 victory over St. Helens in the 1952–53 Challenge Cup Final during the 1952-53 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 25 April 1953, in front of a crowd of 89,588.
In 1954 Valentine was selected for Great Britain's tour of Australia playing in all three Tests. He was also the British squad captain for their successful 1954 Rugby League World Cup campaign, playing in all four matches and hoisting the Cup as the victorious captain following Great Britain's 16-12 victory at Parc des Princes in the Final over France, in front of a huge 31, 000 crowd.