Tony Spears (fourth 1965) is an English former 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 1980s. He played at club level for

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the ...

, as a .David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd.

Background

Tony Spears' birth was registered in

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

district,

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, England.

Playing career

County Cup Final appearances

Tony Spears played on the in

's 18-22 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the

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Final during the 1985–86 season at Headingley,

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, on Sunday 27 October 1985.

Genealogical information

Tony Spears is the younger brother of Sandra Spears
birth registered
during third in

Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wake ...

district), and David Spears
birth registered
during fourth in

district).

References

External links

Tony Spears Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com
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