Paul Lyman

Paul Lyman (24 May 1965[2]) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 580), and Hull Kingston Rovers, as a second-row, or loose forward, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

Paul Lyman
Personal information
Full namePaul Lyman
Born (1965-05-24) 24 May 1965
Wakefield, England
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–87/88 Featherstone Rovers 138+21 62 0 0 247
1988–93/94 Hull Kingston Rovers 99
Total 258 62 0 0 247
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–≥86 Yorkshire ≥2 ≥1 ≥0 ≥0 ≥4
Source: [1]

Background

Paul Lyman was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Lyman made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 21 November 1982,[3] during his time at Featherstone Rovers he scored one 3-point try, and sixty-one 4-point tries, he was transferred from Featherstone Rovers to Hull Kingston Rovers in exchange for Christopher Burton plus a fee to Featherstone Rovers

International honours

Lyman played for Great Britain Under-21s, and was selected for the Great Britain squad against Australia in the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, but ultimately he was not selected to play in any of the test matches

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Lyman played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing left-centre, i.e. number 4, John Gilbert) in Featherstone Rovers' 14-12 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1983 Challenge Cup Final during the 1982–83 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 7 May 1983, in front of a crowd of 84,969.

Genealogical information

Paul Lyman is the son of the rugby league second-row/loose forward who played in the 1960s for the Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 478); Ray Lyman, and he is the grandson of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s for the Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 176); Horace Lyman.

References
  1. Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
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