Derek Hallas

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Born1934 (1934)
Leeds, England
Died12 May 2025(2025-05-12) (aged 90–91)
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Derek Hallas
Personal information
Born1934 (1934)
Leeds, England
Died12 May 2025(2025-05-12) (aged 90–91)
Playing information
Rugby union
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Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
195?–53 Roundhay RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤Dec 1953–≤Dec 53 Yorkshire
Rugby league
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Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1953–59 Keighley 175 75 11 247
1959–62 Leeds
1962–63 Keighley 14
1963–65 Parramatta Eels 43 8 7 0 38
Total 232 83 18 0 285
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1953–≤63 Yorkshire
1961 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1974 Halifax RLFC
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Derek Hallas (1934 – 12 May 2025) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1960s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Roundhay RFC, as a centre and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley (two spells), Leeds, Parramatta Eels and the Inverell Hawks (captain), as a centre, and coached at club level for the Inverell Hawks.

Derek Hallas was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1934.[2] He was a pupil at Hunslet Carr County Primary School, Hunslet.[3]

Hallas died on 12 May 2025.[4]

Playing career

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