Leonard Garbett (1919 – 2009) 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 1930s and 1940s, and

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ed in the 1950s. He played at club level for

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the t ...

,David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport – Castleford Rugby League – A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. and coached at club level for

Background

Len Garbett's birth was registered in

Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the ...

district,

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...

, in 1986. He served in World War II. Len Garbett wrote and privately published a 160-Page soft-backed book entitled 'Castleford R.L.F.C. A Sixty Years History 1926 – 1986', and he died aged 89–90.

Playing career

County League appearances

Len Garbett played in

's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1938–39 season.

Coaching career

Club career

Len Garbett was the

, his first game in charge was on Saturday 18 August 1956, and his last game in charge was on Saturday 30 November 1957.

Genealogical information

Len Garbett's marriage to Susan (

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Liversidge)
birth registered
during third ¼ in

district) was registered during third ¼ 1942 in

district. They had children; Ian D. Garbett
birth registered
during second ¼ in

district), and Roy Garbett
birth registered
during second ¼ in

district).

References

External links

Search for "Garbett" at rugbyleagueproject.org

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