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| Full name | William Cunliffe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1897 Wigan, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 1942 (aged 45)[2] Ince-in-Makerfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Cunliffe (1897 – 10 August 1942) was an English professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level forGreat Britain andEngland, and at club level forPemberton RoversARLFC (inPemberton,Lancashire), andWarrington, as aprop.[3] Cunliffe is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.[5]
Cunliffe was born inWigan,Lancashire, England, and he died aged 45 inInce-in-Makerfield,Lancashire, England.
Cunliffe was selected to go on the1920 Great Britain Lions tour and1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. He woncaps forGreat Britain while at Warrington in 1920 against Australia, and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1921-22 against Australia (3 matches), in 1924 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand, and in 1926 against New Zealand. He also woncaps forEngland while at Warrington in 1921 against Wales,Other Nationalities, and Australia, in 1922 against Wales, in 1923 against Wales (2 matches), in 1925 against Wales (2 matches), in 1926 against Wales, and Other Nationalities.
Cunliffe played atprop inWarrington's 10-22 defeat byWigan in theChampionship Final during the1925–26 season atKnowsley Road,St. Helens on Saturday 8 May 1926, in front of a crowd of 20,000.[6][7]
Cunliffe played atprop inWarrington's 3-5 defeat bySwinton in the1927–28 Challenge Cup Final during the1927–28 season atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 14 April 1928, in front of a crowd of 33,909.[8]
Billy Cunliffe was the older brother of the forward forWarrington;Tom Cunliffe, the brothers shared a jointtestimonial match in the1927–28 season.
