Lewis Harris (rugby league)

Lewis Harris, also known as Louis Harris, was an English rugby league player.^[1]

Harris played 255-matches and scored 76-tries, and 1-conversion for 230-points for Hull Kingston Rovers including when they won the Challenge Cup in 1925,^[1] and were Northern Rugby Football Union champions in 1921 and 1923.^[1]

Harris was Jewish.^[2] The Jews were the first significant minority group to play rugby in Britain.^[2]

See also

List of select Jewish rugby league players

References

Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition, volume 19, p. 146

1 2 3 Encyclopedia Judaica
1 2 Collins, Tony (2006-04-10). Rugby league in twentieth century . ISBN 9780203088357. Retrieved 2011-03-14.

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