Tom Blinkhorn

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Tom Blinkhorn

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Blinkhorn
Born	23 April 1903 Wigan, England
Died	15 June 1976(1976-06-15) (aged 73) Wigan, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	12 st 10 lb (81 kg)
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1924–28 Wigan Highfield 74 28 44 0 172 1928–33 Warrington 126 52 36 0 228 1933–36 Broughton Rangers 26 1 32 0 67 Total 226 81 112 0 467 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1929 England 1 2 0 0 6 1930 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
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Thomas Blinkhorn (23 April 1903 – 15 June 1976) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan Highfield, Warrington and Broughton Rangers, as a fullback, or wing.

Background

Blinkhorn was born in Wigan, Lancashire, and he died aged 73 in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

Playing career

He started playing rugby league for Wigan Highfield before moving to Warrington. Blinkhorn played and scored a try in Warrington's 15-2 victory over Salford in the 1929 Lancashire Cup Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 November 1929. Blinkhorn, won a cap for England while at Warrington in 1929 against Other Nationalities, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1930 against Australia, playing on the wing in the 4th Ashe test of the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour. Blinkhorn played in Warrington's 17-21 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1933 Challenge Cup Final during the 1932–33 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1933, in front of a crowd of 41,784. he made his début for Broughton Rangers as a fullback against Hull Kingston Rovers at Belle Vue Stadium, Belle Vue, Manchester.

External links

• Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk
• Rangers' New Back - Blinkhorn From Warrington