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Full name | Russ Walker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cumbria, England | 1 September 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 13 April 2021 |
Russ Walker (born 1 September 1962) is a former professional rugby League footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, playing for Barrow and Hull FC (Heritage № 852), as a prop, or second-row.[1][2]
Russ Walker was a tough tackler who combined his career with a job as a milkman, retired from rugby, he now works in the petrochemical industry in Barrow-in-Furness.[1]
Russ Walker played second-row, and scored a try in Hull FC's 14–4 victory over Widnes in the Premiership Final during the 1990–91 season at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 12 May 1991.[1]
From 1994 to 1995 Walker was joint team coach of Hull FC with Phil Windley.[3]