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Full name | Charles H. Pawsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 April 1923 Salford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 January 2012[1] Salford, England | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles "Charlie" H. Pawsey (15 April 1923[5] – 7 January 2012) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Langworthy ARLFC, Belle Vue Rangers, Leigh and Huddersfield, as a scrum cap wearing second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[2][6]
Charlie Pawsey was born in Salford, Lancashire, England, he worked as a stevedore, and he died aged 88 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Charlie Pawsey won caps for England while at Leigh in 1951 against Wales, in 1952 against Other Nationalities (2 matches) and Wales, in 1953 against France (2 matches), Wales, and Other Nationalities,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Leigh in 1952 against Australia (3 matches), and in 1954 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches).[4]
Charlie Pawsey also represented Great Britain while at Leigh between 1952 and 1956 against France (3 non-Test matches).[7]
Charlie Pawsey played right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in Leigh's 7-20 defeat by Wigan in the 1949 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1949–50 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 29 October 1949,[8] and played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in the 6-14 defeat by Wigan in the 1951 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1951–52 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 27 October 1951.[9]
Charlie Pawsey's marriage to Ethel (née Swingler) was registered during fourth ¼ 1953 in Salford district.[10] They had children; Julia A. Pawsey (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1955 (age 68–69) in Manchester district), Charles S. Pawsey (birth registered during second ¼ 1958 (age 65–66) in Salford district), and Matthew J. Pawsey (birth registered during third ¼ 1962 (age 61–62) in Salford district).