William McAlone

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Bill McAlone
Personal information
Full nameWilliam McAlone
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
195?–6? Whitehaven RLFC 327 23 0 0 69
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Cumberland 11 0 0 0 0
As of 26 Jul 2021

William "Bill" McAlone is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for Whitehaven. He played in a forward position. McAlone scored 23 tries in 327 games for Whitehaven.[1]

Playing career[]

County honours[]

Bill McAlone represented Cumberland 11 times.

Notable tour matches[]

Bill McAlone played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.[2]

Honoured at Whitehaven[]

Bill McAlone is a Whitehaven Hall Of Fame Inductee, in 2006 he became the third player to be inducted.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Irving, Alan. "Bill remembered as the colossus of Haven RL". BramptonLocal. Archived from the original on 4 May 1995. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ "When Haven beat the Aussies". totalrl.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "The Immortals...and the Hall of Fame". Whitehaven Rugby League. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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