Colin Tyrer
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | Leigh, Lancashire, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1962–67 | Leigh | 122 | 206 | |||
| 1967–74 | Wigan | 248 | 88 | 813 | 0 | 1890 |
| 1974–76 | Barrow | 46 | ||||
| 1976–78 | Hull KR | 31 | 4 | 106 | 0 | 224 |
| Total | 447 | 92 | 1125 | 0 | 2114 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1966–71 | Lancashire | 3 | ||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1983 | Widnes | |||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Colin Tyrer is an English former rugby league footballer who played as a fullback for Leigh, Wigan, Barrow and Hull Kingston Rovers, and also made three representative appearances for Lancashire.
Playing career
County Cup final appearances
Colin Tyrer played Right-wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a 2-conversions in Leigh's 4-15 defeat by St. Helens in the 1963 Lancashire Cup final during the 1963–64 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 26 October 1963, and played fullback, and scored a 3-conversions in Wigan's 15-8 victory over Widnes in the 1971 Lancashire Cup final during the 1971–72 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 28 August 1971.[2]
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final appearances
Colin Tyrer played fullback, and scored a 2-conversions in Wigan's 7-4 victory over St. Helens in the 1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1968–69 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 17 December 1968.[3]
Genealogical information
Colin Tyrer is the father of the rugby league footballers, Shaun Tyrer (Wigan, Oldham, and Whitehaven), and Christian Tyrer.
References
- ↑ Morris, Graham (2005). Wigan Rugby League Football Club: 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7524-3470-4.
- ↑ "1971-1972 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "1968-1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.