Dave Bolton
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Personal information
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| Full name | David R. Bolton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 April 1937 Wigan district, Lancashire, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Fullback, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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David "Dave" Bolton (born 27 April 1937) is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1950s, and 1960s who also played and later became a coach in Australia's NSWRFL premiership. An international representative for Great Britain whose usual position was in the halves, Bolton is one of a handful of Britons to win championships both in his home country and in Australia.
During the 1957–58 season Bolton played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Wigan's 8-13 defeat by Oldham in the 1957 Lancashire Cup Final at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 19 October 1957. Later that season Bolton played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Wigan's 9–13 victory over Workington Town in the 1958 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 10 May 1958, in front of a crowd of 66,109, and played Stand-off/Five-eighth, and scored a try in the 30-13 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959 Challenge Cup Final during the 1958–59 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1959, in front of a crowd of 79,811.
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