Richard "Dick" Evans (born 26 January 1945) is an English-born former

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 1970s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for

Huyton Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which it f ...

, Barrow, Swinton and

Salford Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...

, as a .

Playing career

Born in St Helens,

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, Evans started his rugby league career at

. He was signed by Barrow in April 1969. In December 1970, Evans was signed by Swinton for a fee of £5,000.

International honours

Although born in England, Evans was eligible to play for

due to his Welsh ancestry. He won

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s for Wales while at Swinton 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 (2 matches).

References

External links

Wasteful Wales Get A Roasting
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Back on the Wembley trail
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Richard 1945 births Living people Barrow Raiders players English rugby league players Lancashire rugby league team players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside Salford Red Devils players Swinton Lions players Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players Liverpool City (rugby league) players