Tom Danby

Thompson Danby (born 10 August 1926) is an English dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Harlequin F.C., as a wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Salford, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[2]

Tom Danby
Personal information
Full nameThompson Danby[1]
Born (1926-08-10) 10 August 1926[1]
Trimdon district, County Durham, England
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1949–49 Harlequin F.C.
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949 England 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949–54 Salford 174 61 2 187
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1950 England 3 0 0 0 0
1950 Great Britain 3 1 0 0 3
Source: [2][3][4]

Background

Born in Trimdon, County Durham, he signed for Salford in August 1949,[5] and in doing so, he became the first England rugby union international recruited by Salford.[6] He attended St John's College, York between 1943-45. As of 2016, he lives in Flimwell, East Sussex retired from golf as a pastime. A gentle and courteous man with an extremely strong grip from many hours playing golf.

International honours

Danby won a cap for England (RU) in the 0-2 defeat by Wales on 15 January 1949.[1]

Danby won caps for England (RL) while at Salford in 1950 against Wales (2 matches), and France,[3] and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Salford in 1950 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand.[4]

Genealogical Information

Tom Danby married Audrey Winifred Spencer (she was known by everyone as "Penny”) on 26 June 1948 in Brighton. They had children; Christine H. Danby was born in Brighton in 1954 and Peter was born in 1956. Penny died in 2012 and Tom now lives near his son in East Sussex.

References
  1. "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk". en.espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. The Who, When, and Where of English International Rugby since 1947. ISBN 0-9532010-0-7
  6. "The Willows: Salford Reds' field of dreamsuk". menmedia.co.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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