Name Geoffrey Clarkson | ||
Died July 10, 2001, Huddersfield, United Kingdom | ||
Geoffrey "Geoff" Clarkson (12 August 1943 – 10 July 2001 (aged 57)) born in Wakefield, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (twice) (Heritage № 713), Bradford Northern (twice), Leigh (twice), Warrington (Heritage № 717), Leeds, York, Bramley, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham and Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 598), as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
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Playing career
Geoff Clarkson turned professional with Wakefield Trinity in 1965 after gaining Yorkshire County rugby union forward honours while at Wakefield RFC.
Geoff Clarkson won cap(s) for Yorkshire (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity.
Geoff Clarkson played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in Wakefield Trinity's 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the Championship Final replay during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton on Wednesday 10 May 1967.
Geoff Clarkson played right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in Leigh's 7-4 victory over St. Helens in the 1970 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 November 1970, played in Leigh's 21-7 victory over Leeds in the 1971 Challenge Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 15 May 1971, in front of a crowd of 85,514, and played right-second-row in Leigh's 8-3 victory over Widnes in the 1981 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 September 1981.
Geoff Clarkson played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in Hull Kingston Rovers' 3-13 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1979 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1979–80 season at The Boulevard, Hull on Tuesday 18 December 1979.
Geoff Clarkson extended his record number of transfers to 12 when he left Leigh for Featherstone Rovers on 27 October 1983. He played for 10 different English clubs, and also had a brief spell in Australia, he was 40 years old when he finished playing regular first team rugby in 1983–84.
Club career
Geoff Clarkson made his début for Wakefield Trinity during December 1965, he made his début for Featherstone Rovers on 30 October 1983, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.