Vivian "Viv" Harrison ( – ) was a Welsh

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, and professional

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) fo
Chingford RFC
and

London Welsh RFC London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...

, as a

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, or

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, i.e. number 11 or 14, or, 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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, and at club level for St. Helens, as a , or , i.e. number 1, 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or 6.

Background

Viv Harrison's birth was registered in

Neath Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...

district, Wales, he was a

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, and he died aged 67–68 in Redbridge,

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International honours

Harrison won 3 caps for

in 1951 while at St. Helens.

References

External links

Profile at saints.org.uk
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