Doug Walton (rugby league)

For other people with similar names, see Douglas Walton (disambiguation).

Douglas Walton (1945 – 25 May 2012) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, as a prop, or loose forward.

Doug Walton

Personal information
Full name	Douglas Walton
Born	1945 (1945)^[1]
Died	25 May 2012 (aged 65–66) Leeds, England
Playing information
Position	Prop, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1962–72 Castleford 113 12 2 0 40 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1968 Yorkshire 1 0 0 0 0 1965 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: ^[2]

Playing career

International honours

Doug Walton won a cap for Great Britain while at Castleford playing loose forward in the 17-7 victory over France at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 23 January 1965.^[2]

County honours

Walton won a cap for Yorkshire while at Castleford playing left-prop in the 17-23 defeat by Lancashire at Widnes stadium on Wednesday 24 January 1968.^[3]

County League appearances

Walton played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1964–65 season.^[4]

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances

Walton played right-prop in Castleford's 8-5 victory over Leigh in the 1967 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1967–68 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 January 1968.^{[citation needed]}

Club career

An offer of £13,000 by Wigan in the mid-1960s for Doug Walton was rejected by Castleford (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £427,900 in 2013),^[5] subsequently a serious knee injury halted his progress and limited the number of his appearances.^[6]

References

1. "Walton, Douglas". GRO Index. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. . thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
4. . thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
5. "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
6. . castigers.com. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

External links

• at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 February 2012)
• (archived by web.archive.org)