Donald Knowles (rugby league)
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| Full name | Donald Knowles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 4 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre, Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Knowles was a rugby union player who turned professional to play rugby league for Castleford in 1932.[1][2][3] He later played briefly for Newcastle, and then played association football for Hertford Town.
Donald Knowles joined Castleford rugby league club from Castleford RUFC (in Castleford, Wakefield),[4] the town's rugby union club during December 1932,[5] during the 1931–32 season, as a wing, centre, second-row or loose forward.[6] Aged 22 at the time of switching codes, he had previously played rugby union for Huddersfield College and York St John's College. He was 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 13 stone 4 pounds (84 kg)[5] and had been selected for trials for the county's union team.[7]
Knowles made his rugby league début in the match between Castleford and Hull F.C. on 17 December 1932.[8] During his first season at Castleford, the club won the Yorkshire County League.[3] During February 1934, he was granted his request to be listed for transfer, with the fee being set at £150.[9] He was still at the club during November 1935, when it was announced that he was soon to leave to take up a teaching appointment in Blaydon-on-Tyne. At that time he was deputising for the injured Ted Sadler.[10]