Ken Gee
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Kenneth Gee was an English
rugby league
footballer of the 1930s, '40s and 50s, who at representaive level played for Great Britain
winning 17-caps between 1946 and 1951, England
winning 18-caps between 1943 and 1951, and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan
, playing at , i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Signing with Wigan in 1933, Ken Gee went on to play a total of 559 games for the club, second only to Jim Sullivan. He also kicked 508 goals and featured in Wigan's Rugby Football League Championship wins of 1945–46, 1946–47, and 1949–50 as well as their Challenge Cup
victories of 1948 and 1951. He also won Lancashire Cup winner's medals seven times.
Ken Gee joined Wigan teammate Joe Egan
on tours down under in 1946 and 1950, playing in all nine matches of three consecutive Ashes series matches against Australia.
In recognition of Ken Gee, an amateur rugby competition played in Wigan called "Ken Gee Cup" was formed. He is also an inductee of the Wigan Hall of Fame.
Ken Gee is buried at St Matthews Church at Highfield, Wigan.
, Halifax
on Saturday 21 March 1942.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1930s, '40s and 50s, who at representaive level played for Great Britain
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....
winning 17-caps between 1946 and 1951, England
England national rugby league team
The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...
winning 18-caps between 1943 and 1951, and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
, playing at , i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Signing with Wigan in 1933, Ken Gee went on to play a total of 559 games for the club, second only to Jim Sullivan. He also kicked 508 goals and featured in Wigan's Rugby Football League Championship wins of 1945–46, 1946–47, and 1949–50 as well as their Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
victories of 1948 and 1951. He also won Lancashire Cup winner's medals seven times.
Ken Gee joined Wigan teammate Joe Egan
Joe Egan (rugby league)
Joe Egan is an English former rugby league footballer and coach. He played for Wigan from 1938 to 1950. In the 1948 Challenge Cup final Wigan defeated Bradford Northern 8-3 and Egan was the first captain to receive the trophy from a reigning monarch, King George VI. He was a member of the 1946...
on tours down under in 1946 and 1950, playing in all nine matches of three consecutive Ashes series matches against Australia.
In recognition of Ken Gee, an amateur rugby competition played in Wigan called "Ken Gee Cup" was formed. He is also an inductee of the Wigan Hall of Fame.
Ken Gee is buried at St Matthews Church at Highfield, Wigan.
Other notable games
Ken Gee played Tighthead- for a Rugby League XIII against Northern Command XIII at Thrum HallThrum Hall
Thrum Hall was a rugby league stadium on Hanson Lane in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was the home of Halifax RLFC.-Stadium:The site, measuring 55,000 square yards and included a cricket pitch, greyhound track and bowling greens...
, Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
on Saturday 21 March 1942.