Louis Harris MBE (1896–1975) was an English rugby league footballer.[2]
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| Born | April 1896[1] Hull, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 1975 (aged 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Harris played 255-matches and scored 76-tries, and 1-conversion for 230-points for Hull Kingston Rovers, including in the Challenge Cup in 1925,[2] and were Northern Rugby Football Union champions in 1921 and 1923.[2] He played 1919-1929 for Rovers,[3] and was later a club coach and advisor,[4] and a boardroom Director.[3]
Harris was awarded MBE in 1969 for work with the Great War Trust.[3][5][6] He was Jewish.[7] The Jews were the first significant minority group to play rugby in Britain.[7]
Challenge Cup Final appearances
editLewis Harris played on the wing in Hull Kingston Rovers' 3–16 defeat by Oldham in the 1924–25 Challenge Cup Final during the 1924–25 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 25 April 1925, in front of a crowd of 28,335.[8][9]
See also
editReferences
edit- Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition, volume 19, p. 146
- ^ "200 Club – No 26 – Louis Harris". Hull Kingston Rovers. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Encyclopedia Judaica
- ^ a b c Oppel, Elliot (2000). The history of Hull's orthodox synagogues and the people connected with them. Beverley: Highgate. p. 13. ISBN 0-948929-16-2. OCLC 45305328.
- ^ "Rovers' Adviser. MR LOUIS HARRIS has been placed in charge of the Hull Kingston Rovers team and will act an advisory capacity at Board meetings. Mr Harris, a former Rovers threequarter ". Hull Daily Mail. 14 August 1937.
- ^ "THE CITY OF HULL GREAT WAR TRUST | Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918". Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Page 1 | Supplement 44740, 20 December 1968 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. p. 16. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b Collins, Tony (10 April 2006). Rugby league in twentieth century . Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203088357. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 30 – 1924–25". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
- ^ Hoole, Les (1998). The Rugby League Challenge Cup – An Illustrated History. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-094-3