// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Bill Hopkin? A hop to kin.
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| Full name | William Henry Hopkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1914 Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 March 2002 (aged 87) Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Henry Hopkin (1 July 1914 – 3 March 2002) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
Hopkin was born in Newport, he played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Chepstow RFC, Gloucester RFC and Newport RFC, as a Wing, played club level rugby league (RL) for Swinton,[3] and played association football (soccer) with Newport County reserves. He died in Newport aged 87.
International honours
[edit]Bill Hopkin won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Newport RFC in 1937 against Scotland.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ scrum.com
- ↑ "Player Summary: Bill Hopkin". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ↑ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- Search for "Hopkin" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Bill Hopkin at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Statistics at wru.co.uk
- Profile at blackandambers.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 June 2011)
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century Welsh sportsmen
- Footballers who switched code
- Gloucester Rugby players
- Newport RFC players
- Rugby league players from Newport, Wales
- Rugby union players from Newport, Wales
- Rugby union wings
- Swinton Lions players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players