The Indomitable Frank Whitcombe
How a Genial Giant from Cardiff became a Rugby League Legend in Yorkshire and Australia
Nonfiction, Sports, Rugby, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Martin Whitcombe, Bridge Bill | ISBN: | 9781902719597 |
| Publisher: | Welsh Academic Press | Publication: | May 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | St David's Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martin Whitcombe, Bridge Bill |
| ISBN: | 9781902719597 |
| Publisher: | Welsh Academic Press |
| Publication: | May 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | St David's Press |
| Language: | English |
Frank Whitcombe was made for rugby league and he enjoyed a glittering career in professional rugby, winning the RL Challenge Cup three times, the RL Championship three times and was capped 14 times by Wales. He quickly created a big impression on the Great Britain selectors and he waschosen for the famous 1946 ‘Indomitables’ tour of Australia. Frank excelled as the tourists made history and won plaudits from antipodean fans and media alike as the team became the first, and to date only GB tourists, to win a rugby league Test Series, undefeated, ‘down under’.
After 331 games, Frank bowed-out of rugby with Bradford Northern, four days after playing in a Challenge Cup final at Wembley, in his last match at Odsal; a game which attracted 19,000 fans. He then turned to life as an RL administrator and publican before his life was tragically cut short by pneumonia at the age of only 44.
Frank was a true giant of rugby league and this is the first book to tell his remarkable story.
Frank Whitcombe was made for rugby league and he enjoyed a glittering career in professional rugby, winning the RL Challenge Cup three times, the RL Championship three times and was capped 14 times by Wales. He quickly created a big impression on the Great Britain selectors and he waschosen for the famous 1946 ‘Indomitables’ tour of Australia. Frank excelled as the tourists made history and won plaudits from antipodean fans and media alike as the team became the first, and to date only GB tourists, to win a rugby league Test Series, undefeated, ‘down under’.
After 331 games, Frank bowed-out of rugby with Bradford Northern, four days after playing in a Challenge Cup final at Wembley, in his last match at Odsal; a game which attracted 19,000 fans. He then turned to life as an RL administrator and publican before his life was tragically cut short by pneumonia at the age of only 44.
Frank was a true giant of rugby league and this is the first book to tell his remarkable story.
