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Past & Present Sporting LEGENDS read more......... This is for all TYPES of SPORT Contributions

DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT
edited August 2009 in The Shed
one true legend 4 me is

STAN BOWLES,,okits football but wot a player

Dont know 2 much about the oval ball game but thought bill beaument got stuck in...

nice read bud
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  • DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT
    edited August 2009
                                                           Famous Quotes---
         The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.~ Bobby Robson (RIP)
    Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.~ Bill Shankly


       
      Hi all sports fans   Enjoy

        Now we all have our Sporting Legends either Past or Present Sky Poker has its own living legend  who is known to us all as TK / Tikay or Tony Kendal 

       To kick start this thread i have chosen   William "bill" Horton

       a lot of you are gonna say     WHO?

         This Legend is Described as one of the all time greats


      William "Bill" Horton rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s who played for; Wakefield Trinity, Yorkshire,         England and Great Britain.  from 1924-1936

     Club              Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
     nickname       Wakey Trinity Wildcats

     play at           Dreadnoughts Ground, Belle Vue, Wakefield (capacity 11,000)
     founded in     1873

     Challenge cups     5
     Championships      2

      In his career he played for     YORKSHIRE       39 Times often  captain 
                                              GREAT BRITAIN 14 Times 1928-1933
                                              ENGLAND           5 Times
     

    Wakefield Trinity is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams.

      Bill Horton started his career at Knottingley junior club, he joinded Wakefield Trinity at the age of 17 & by the time he was 21 was playing for GB against Australia  downunder 

      His favoured position was Second Row where he dominated the play

      Bill played for Trinity for all of his Career (12 years) 

      you can find Bill Horton at Wakefield Trinity hall of Fame

       Some other Famous  Knottingley (wakefield)   Residents (past and present),include:-

       William "Bill" Horton rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s who played for; Wakefield Trinity, Yorkshire, England and Great Britain.

    Terry Cooper, Former Leeds United & England footballer. Currently Southampton's European scout.

     Wayne Godwin, Bradford Bulls Rugby League footballer, and also played for Knottingley Rockware ARLFC.

     Graham Steadman, Former York Wasps, Featherstone Rovers, Castleford Tigers & Great Britain Rugby League footballer. 
     
          I would say that BILL HORTON is a true LEGEND

            this came while researching a signed picture i have


         I hope to see some more on here ABOUT any sport

         THANKS

         dtw

        PS

        Knottingley is famous for something else that could be classed as a sport of the 17th Century

           Bear - Baiting    but thats another story






      

       
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  • DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT
    edited August 2009
    In Response to Re: Past & Present Sporting LEGENDS read more.........:
    one true legend 4 me is STAN BOWLES,,okits football but wot a player Dont know 2 much about the oval ball game but thought bill beaument got stuck in... nice read bud
    Posted by razorkev



       hiya mate this thread is for all types of sporting legends so STAN BOWLES would be a welcome addition look forward to reading it m8
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited August 2009
    STAN BOWLES THE LEGEND

    PLAYED 13 TIMES FOR ENGLAND 6 GOALS
    PLAYED 211 TIMES FOR QPR 110 GOALS
    BET MILLIONS OF TIMES ON GREYHOUNDS,WON 3 TIMES.LOL
    ALSO PLAYED FOR FOREST,MAN CITY,AND CARLISLE

    FOR QPR THIS MAN WAS AND STILL IS A LEGEND ,SO SKILLFUL YET HAD AN EYE FOR GOAL I THINK HED STILL GET A CHANCE OF BEING OUR NUMBER 10 NOW....

    CMON THE HOOPS.....
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  • DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT
    edited August 2009
    In Response to Re: Past & Present Sporting LEGENDS read more......... This is for all TYPES of SPORT Contributions Welcome:
    STAN BOWLES THE LEGEND PLAYED 13 TIMES FOR ENGLAND 6 GOALS PLAYED 211 TIMES FOR QPR 110 GOALS BET MILLIONS OF TIMES ON GREYHOUNDS,WON 3 TIMES.LOL ALSO PLAYED FOR FOREST,MAN CITY,AND CARLISLE FOR QPR THIS MAN WAS AND STILL IS A LEGEND ,SO SKILLFUL YET HAD AN EYE FOR GOAL I THINK HED STILL GET A CHANCE OF BEING OUR NUMBER 10 NOW.... CMON THE HOOPS.....
    Posted by razorkev


         cheers for that m8 if you have a picture of Sir Stan Bowles why not put it here (would be nice)

        am currently sorting the Legend Peter Osgood at the mo

        have fun at " V " m8

        michael
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  • -JINKY--JINKY-
    edited August 2009

        JIMMY ( JINKY ) JOHNSTONE          1944 - 2006
     GLASGOW CELTIC FC
      1962 - 1975  = 130 goals
    HONOURS 1 european cup , 9 scottish league championships , 4 scottish cups , 5 league cups , 23 scotland caps.
     Jimmy Johnstone , celtics greatest ever player died in march 2006 after a courageous battle with
      motor neurone disease.

    A GENT  A PLAYER  A TRUE LEGEND.



     

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  • DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT
    edited August 2009
    In Response to Re: Past & Present Sporting LEGENDS read more......... This is for all TYPES of SPORT Contributions Welcome:
        JIMMY ( JINKY ) JOHNSTONE          1944 - 2006  GLASGOW CELTIC FC   1962 - 1975  = 130 goals HONOURS 1 european cup , 9 scottish league championships , 4 scottish cups , 5 league cups , 23 scotland caps.  Jimmy Johnstone , celtics greatest ever player died in march 2006 after a courageous battle with   motor neurone disease. A GENT  A PLAYER  A TRUE LEGEND.  
    Posted by -JINKY-



          great post m8 some good players to come out of Celtic FC nice choice look forward to seeing the pic
       
          good luck against arsenal m8


        dtw
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