Colin Forsyth ( – 31 May 2018) was an English professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for

Heworth A.R.L.F.C. Heworth ARLFC is an amateur rugby league football club based in Heworth, York. The first team plays in the NCL Division One. In 1986, the club was one of ten founder members of the BARLA National Amateur League (now known as the National Confer ...

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Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship (rugby league), Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rover ...

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 ...

and

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

, as a . Colin Forsyth broke his arm in the 1974–75 season.

Playing career

Featherstone Rovers

Forsyth made his début for

on Friday 22 April 1966.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club''. The History Press. Forsyth played right- in

' 12-25 defeat by

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

in the

1966–67 Yorkshire Cup The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the competition had been held. Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yor ...

Final during the 1966–67 season at

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on Saturday 15 October 1966. Forsyth was a reserve to travel in

' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the

1966–67 Challenge Cup The 1966–67 Challenge Cup was the 66th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final In the Challenge Cup final Featherstone Rovers faced Barrow, wh ...

Final during the 1966–67 season at

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on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290.

Bradford Northern

Forsyth played in

's 17-8 victory over

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in the Premiership Final during the 1977–78 season, the 2-24 defeat by

in the Premiership Final during the 1978–79 season, and the 5-19 defeat by

in the Premiership Final during the 1979–80 season. He played right- (replaced by substitute

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) in

's 18-8 victory over

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

in the 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at

on Saturday 28 October 1978. He played right- in

's 6-0 victory over

in the 1979–80 John Player Trophy Final during the 1979–80 season at

on Saturday 5 January 1980. Forsyth played in

's victory in the

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

during the 1979–80 season. In July 1980, he was sold to

as part of an exchange deal for

Graham Idle Graham Idle (10 March 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Bramley, Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 812), Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Rochdale Hornets, ...

International honours

Colin Forsyth won

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s for

while at

in the

1975 Rugby League World Cup The 1975 Rugby League World Championship (also referred to as the World Series) was the seventh tournament for the Rugby League World Cup. The format differed from that employed in previous competitions; no single country hosted the matches, whi ...

against France, New Zealand, and Wales.

Personal life and death

Colin Forsyth is the father of the rugby league who played in the 2000s for

York Wasps The York Wasps (known simply as York from 1868 to 1989, Ryedale-York from 1989 to 1996 and York Wasps from 1996 to 2002) was an English professional rugby league club based in York. At the start of the 2002 season, the club was dissolved. A ne ...

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

and

York City Knights The York Knights are the men's professional rugby league team of York RLFC (known as the York City Knights from 2002 to 2022) based in York, England. The Knights played their home games at Huntington Stadium before moving to Bootham Crescent. ...

; Craig Forsyth.

References

External links

Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forsyth, Colin 1947 births 2018 deaths Bradford Bulls players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rugby league props Rugby league players from York Wakefield Trinity players