Code | DS/UK/1912 |
Dates | 1937-2023 |
Person Name | Risman; Augustus Beverley Walter 'Bev' (1937-2023); OBE; English rugby union and rugby league player |
Surname | Risman |
Forenames | Augustus Beverley Walter 'Bev' |
Title | OBE |
Epithet | English rugby union and rugby league player |
Activity | Fly-half, played for England (1959-1961, 8 caps, 8 points) and British and Irish Lions (1959, 4 caps, 10 points), and rugby league for Leigh, Leeds and Great Britain (5 caps, 40 points). Later President of the Rugby Football League. |
Relationships | Son of Augustus John Ferdinand 'Gus' Risman (1911-1994), Welsh rugby union player and professional rugby league footballer capped by Wales and England, one of a handful of league players who have done so. |
Dates and Places | Born 23 November 1937, Salford, Lancashire, died 22 June 2023, aged 85. |