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Eric Harris (rugby league)

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Name
  
Eric Harris


Role
  
Rugby league

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Eric C. 'Toowoomba Ghost' Harris was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and 1930s, playing at representative level for British Empire, and at club level for Western Suburbs (Brisbane), and Leeds, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

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Championship Final appearances

Eric Harris played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Leeds' 2-8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship Final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938.

Career records at Leeds

Eric Harris jointly holds Leeds' "Tries In A Match" record, with 8-tries scored against Bradford Northern.

Career records in rugby league

Eric Harris' sequence of 36-tries in 17-consecutive matches for Leeds remains record within rugby league.

The Leeds RL Greats

The Yorkshire Evening Post named Arthur Clues, Bert Cook, Ellery Hanley, Eric Harris, Vic Hey, John Holmes, Lewis Jones, Danny McGuire, Garry Schofield and Frederick "Fred" Webster, as the greatest ever Leeds RL players.

Outside of rugby league

Eric Harris became a teacher at the new Carnegie Physical Training College in Leeds, married a lady from Leeds, but returned to Australia at the start of World War II.

References

Eric Harris (rugby league) Wikipedia