David Wakefield (4 May 1936 – 14 September 2022) 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 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for
Stanley Rangers
Stanley Rangers (founded 1919) is an amateur rugby league club situated in the village of Stanley near Wakefield. They are in Division One of the National Conference League.
Players range from 8-years old and receive training in all aspects of ...
ARLFC,
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 ...
, and
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 ...
,
as a .
Wakefield died on 14 September 2022, at the age of 86.
References
External links
Search for "Wakefield" at rugbyleagueproject.org
1936 births
2022 deaths
Place of birth missing
Doncaster R.L.F.C. players
Rugby league hookers
Wakefield Trinity players
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