Ken Eyre (11 November 1941 – 5 September 2018) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Hunslet, Leeds and Keighley as a . As a child Ken represented Bewerly Street school, Hunslet Schools' R.L. and Yorkshire Schools R.L.

Playing career

International honours

Ken Eyre won a cap for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1965 against New Zealand.

County honours

Ken Eyre represented Yorkshire while at Hunslet against New Zealand at Castleford in 1965, against Lancashire at Swinton in 1965, and against Cumberland at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds in 1965.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Ken Eyre played right-, i.e. number 10, in Hunslet's 16–20 defeat by Wigan in the

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Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1965, in front of a crowd of 89,016, and played right- in Leeds' 11–10 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the

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"Watersplash" Final Wembley on Saturday 11 May 1968, in front of a crowd of 87,100.

Championship final appearances

Ken Eyre played in Hunslet's 22–44 defeat by St. Helens in the Rugby Football League Championship Final during the 1958–59 season at

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, and played in Leeds' 16–14 victory over Castleford in the Rugby Football League Championship Final during the 1968–69 season at Odsal Stadium on Saturday 24 May 1969.

County Cup Final appearances

Ken Eyre played right- in Hunslet's 12–2 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the

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Final at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 27 October 1962, and in the 8–17 defeat by Bradford Northern in the

1965 Yorkshire Cup Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

Final during the 1965–66 season at Headingley on Saturday 16 October 1965, and played right-, in Leeds' 11–10 victory over Castleford in the

1968 Yorkshire Cup The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...

Final during the 1968–69 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 October 1968.

Club career

Ken Eyre made his début for Hunslet in the season 1958-59, he was transferred from Hunslet to Leeds in September 1966 for a fee of £5,950 He broke his arm 4 times in his opening season at Leeds.

Family

Ken Eyre's marriage to Betty (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Musgrave) took place during third ¼ 1962 in Leeds District. They had two children; Maxine Eyre, and Steven Rhys Eyre
birth registered
in third ¼ in Leeds district), and two grandchildren; Rebecca and Caitlin Lauren. Ken Eyre was the older brother of the rugby league who played in the 1960s for Leeds and Keighley;

Albert Eyre Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...

(born ).

References

External links

Rugby Cup Final 1968
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