Tom Halliwell
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| Full name | Thomas Edward Halliwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Halliwell OBE is an English wheelchair rugby league player who currently plays for Leeds Rhinos in RFL Wheelchair Super League and the England national wheelchair rugby league team whom he has captained since 2021.
In the King's 2023 Birthday Honours he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to wheelchair rugby league football.[1]
Tom Halliwell is an able-bodied wheelchair rugby league player. He originally played the running game at youth level but suffered a severe leg fracture, aged 13, while at Oulton Invaders.[2] Following initial recovery, but while still unable to play the running game, Halliwell took up wheelchair rugby league with Leeds Rhinos. He never returned to the running game, having established himself as part of the Leeds squad.[3][4]
