William "Bill" Appleyard (birth unknown – death unknown) was a 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 1890s. He played at club level for
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 ...
, as a
forward
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[Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ]
Playing career
William Appleyard made his début for Wakefield Trinity during December 1895, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the
1898–99 season.
References
External links
Search for "Appleyard" at rugbyleagueproject.org
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English rugby league players
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Place of death missing
Rugby league forwards
Wakefield Trinity players
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