Terence "Terry" Cook (24 June 1927 – 18 January 2016) was a Welsh dual-code international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

, and professional

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for

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, and at club level for Pontypool RFC and

Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Caerdydd) is a rugby union club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876Parry-Jones (1989), pg 59 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, shortly after ...

, as a

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, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

, and at club level for Halifax, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5.

International honours

Cook won 4 caps for

(RU) in 1951–53 while at

in 1949 against Scotland and Ireland, and won caps for

(RL) while at Halifax.

References

External links

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Obituary: Former Dual-Code Star Terry Cook
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