Colin Forsyth ( – 31 May 2018) was an English professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for

Heworth A.R.L.F.C. Heworth A.R.L.F.C. is an amateur rugby league football club based in Heworth, York. The first team plays in the NCL Division One. In 1986, the club was one of ten founder members of the BARLA National Amateur League (now known as the National ...

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Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Featherstone ...

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

and

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...

, as a .

Playing career

Featherstone Rovers

Forsyth made his début for

on Friday 22 April 1966.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club''. The History Press. Forsyth played at in

' 12-25 defeat by

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

in the

1966–67 Yorkshire Cup The 1966–67 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-ninth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Hull Kingston Rovers won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 25-12. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, ...

Final during the 1966–67 season at

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on Saturday 15 October 1966. Forsyth was a reserve to travel in

' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the

1966–67 Challenge Cup The 1966–67 Challenge Cup was the 66th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final In the Challenge Cup final Featherstone Rovers faced Barrow Raid ...

Final during the 1966–67 season at

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on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290.

Bradford Northern

Forsyth joined Bradford Northern in 1974, but broke his arm in the 1974–75 season. He played in

's 17-8 victory over

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in the Premiership Final during the 1977–78 season, the 2-24 defeat by

in the Premiership Final during the 1978–79 season, and the 5-19 defeat by

in the Premiership Final during the 1979–80 season. He played at (replaced by substitute

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) in

's 18-8 victory over

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

in the 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at

on Saturday 28 October 1978. He played at in

's 6-0 victory over

in the

1979–80 John Player Trophy This was the ninth season for the League Cup, known as the John Player Trophy for sponsorship reasons. Bradford Northern won the trophy, beating Widnes 6–0 in the final. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The attendance ...

Final during the 1979–80 season at

on Saturday 5 January 1980. Forsyth played in

's victory in the

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during the 1979–80 season. In July 1980, he was sold to

as part of an exchange deal for

Graham Idle Graham Idle (born 10 March 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Bramley, Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Rochdale Hornets, Sheffield Eagle ...

International honours

Colin Forsyth won

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s for

while at

in the

1975 Rugby League World Cup The 1975 Rugby League World Cup (officially known as the 1975 Rugby League World Championship) was the seventh Rugby League World Cup, World Cup for men’s rugby league national teams and ran from 2 March to 12 November. Australia were the w ...

against France, New Zealand, and Wales.

Personal life and death

Colin Forsyth is the father of the rugby league who played in the 2000s for

York Wasps The York Wasps (known simply as York from 1868 to 1989, Ryedale-York from 1989 to 1996 and York Wasps from 1996 to 2002) was an English professional rugby league club based in York. At the start of the 2002 season, the club was dissolved. A ne ...

Doncaster Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...

and

York City Knights The York Knights are the men's professional rugby league team of York RLFC, based in York, England. The club play their home games at York Community Stadium and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of Briti ...

; Craig Forsyth.

References

External links

Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
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