Clive Malcolm Tennant (birth registered second ¼ 1956) is an English former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1970s and Labour Party politician who is currently serving as Mayor of

Featherstone Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway stati ...

Playing career

Tennant played at club level for Featherstone Miners’ Welfare ARLFC, The Jubilee ARLFC (Featherstone), Traveller's Saints ARLFC (Featherstone), and

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "small ...

( Heritage № 545), as a , i.e. number 2 or 5, and as of 2017 is chairman of

Featherstone Lions Featherstone Lions are an amateur rugby league club from Featherstone, West Yorkshire who play in the National Conference League and the Yorkshire Men's League The juniors (U7 - U18) play in the Yorkshire Junior & Youth League. The club also h ...

. Tennant made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Thursday 29 December 1977.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club''. The History Press.

Political career

Tennant is the incumbent Mayor of Featherstone for the term 2020-21, having served as Deputy Mayor for the term 2019-20. Tennant is also a district councillor on

Wakefield Council Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, also known as Wakefield Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council and provides a full range of local government services in ...

representing Pontefract North since 2003.

Personal life

Clive Tennant is son of the rugby league footballer

Walter Tennant Walter "Walt" Tennant (1 January 1921 – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for the Featherstone Rov ...

, the grandson of the rugby league footballer Buff Lord (Harold Tennant), and the nephew of the rugby league footballer

Alan Tennant Alan Tennant (30 September 1930 – 20 February 1997) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage No. 301), as a , i.e. number 3 or 4. Playi ...

References

External links

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