Stuart Gallacher
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Stuart Gallacher | |||||
| Born | 22 May 1946 Llanelli, Wales, UK |
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| Died | 19 October 2014 (aged 68) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Felinfoel RFC | ||||||
| Llanelli RFC | ||||||
| Barbarian F.C. | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Bradford Northern | ||||||
| Keighley | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Wales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Ian Stuart Gallacher (22 May 1946[2] – 19 October 2014)[3] was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s/70s.
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Rugby union playing career
Born in Llanelli, Gallacher played for Felinfoel RFC, and Llanelli RFC, as a Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5. He joined Llanelli RFC in 1965, and played almost 200 games for the club.[3] At Llanelli RFC he won his only international cap for Wales, against France on Saturday 4 April 1970. He played at invitational level for Barbarian F.C.[3]
Rugby league playing career
In 1970, he joined Bradford Northern rugby league club, moving to Keighley in January 1975. He played as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12.[4] He won caps for Wales (RL) while at Keighley in 1975 against France and England, and in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, and France.[5]
Rugby union executive
He acted as chief executive of Llanelli RFC and Scarlets from 1996, before being appointed as chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales (RRW) in 2009. He stood down from the post in June 2014 because of poor health. He was also a member of the board of the European Rugby Cup.[3]
References
- ↑ Profile rugbyleagueproject.org; accessed 19 October 2014.
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External links
Photographs
- Photograph "Stuart Gallagher drops over the try line" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Stuart Gallacher" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Gallacher forces his way over" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Daylight training" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "S. Gallacher" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Seabourne leads his men" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Gallacher crashes through" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "No escape for Keighley" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Gallacher forces his way over" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "No way through" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Joyce directs the traffic" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Stuart jumps high" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "A Gallacher charge" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Northern's pack at Fartown" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
(5/8) indicates the number of games played in the 1975 World Cup. |
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- 1946 births
- 2014 deaths
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Bradford Bulls players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Felinfoel RFC players
- Keighley Cougars players
- Llanelli RFC players
- People from Llanelli
- Rugby union locks
- Wales international rugby union players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
