Richard Stone (1950 – 1 May 2018), known as Charlie Stone, was an English

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and professional

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footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Pontefract R.U.F.C. and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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and

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, and at club level for

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( Heritage № 501) and

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, as a or and was

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of Hull during the 1980–81 season.

Background

Charlie Stone's birth was registered in

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district,

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in the third quarter of 1950, and he died aged .

Featherstone Rovers

Charlie Stone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 14 October 1970, in an 8 year career with the club he made 241 appearances and scored 25 tries playing mostly as a or . Notable matches in which he played include two consecutive

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finals in 1973 and 1974. In the first he played in

' 33–14 victory over

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...

in the

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Final at

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, London on Saturday 12 May 1973, in front of a crowd of 72,395. In the 1974 final he was a substitute (replacing Jimmy Thompson) in the 9–24 defeat by

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Wembley Stadium on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400. Two County Cup Final appearances followed playing right- in Featherstone Rovers' 12–16 defeat by

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in the 1976 Yorkshire Cup Final at

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on Saturday 16 October 1976 and playing right- (replaced by substitute Peter Smith) in the 7–17 defeat by

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in the

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Final at Headingley on Saturday 15 October 1977.

Hull F.C.

In 1978 Stone joined Hull F.C. and went on to make 188 appearances and scoring 8 tries during 5 years at the club. At Hull he moved into the front row of the pack and mostly played at . The first honours while at Hull were in the 13–3 victory over

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in the

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Final at The Boulevard,

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on Tuesday 18 December 1979. With Hull he made a further three Challenge Cup Final appearances; playing right- in

's 5–10 defeat by

in the 1980 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday 3 May 1980, in front of a crowd of 95,000 snd two years later played right- in the 14–14 draw with

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in the 1982 Final at Wembley on Saturday 1 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 92,147, and played right- in the 18–9 victory over Widnes in the replay at

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on Wednesday 19 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 41,171. Finally in 1983 he played right- in Hull's 14-12 defeat by

at Wembley in front of a crowd of 84,869 In between the two Challenge Cup finals he played right- in a 12–4 victory over

in the 1981–82 John Player Trophy Final

Rugby Stadium on Saturday 23 January 1982. Stone captained the team on that day and was sent off 5 minutes from the end along with Roy Holdstock from the opposition. In a controversial moment Stone was allowed up to lift the trophy, despite the early exit from the game. In 1982 he played right- in the 18–7 victory over

in the

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Final at

on Saturday 2 October 1982.

Featherstone Rovers, second spell

At the end of the 1984/85 season Stone rejoined Featherstone for a second time during which he played a further 21 games, scoring one try before retiring. Stone was inducted into Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame in 2016.

International honours

Stone won a

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for

as an interchange/ substitute while at Featherstone Rovers in 1975 against Australia. Stone was selected for the 1984

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tour to Australasia in 1984 and while he played in 12 tour matches he was not selected for any of the test matches.

County honours

Charlie Stone won

s for

while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1973–74 season against

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and

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.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport – Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club''. The History Press.

References

External links

Stats → PastPlayers → S at hullfc.comStatistics at hullfc.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Charlie 1950 births 2018 deaths England national rugby league team players English rugby league players English rugby union players Featherstone Rovers players Hull F.C. captains Hull F.C. players Rugby league players from Pontefract Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Rugby union players from Pontefract Yorkshire rugby league team players