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Sol Roper

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Sol Roper

Personal information

Full name

John Roper

Born

third ¼ 1936
Whitehaven district, England

Died

14 October 2015 (aged 79)

Playing information

Position

Scrum-half

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1955–66	Workington Town	397+2	94	1		284
	Broughton Moor
	Whitehaven	82
	Total	481	94	1	0	284
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1958–≥58	Cumberland	21

Coaching information

Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
≤1970–71	Whitehaven
1978–80	Workington Town
	Total	0	0	0	0

John Roper (birth registered in the third quarter of 1936^[1] – 14 October 2015), also known by the nicknameof"Sol", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s.

Rugby League clubs

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Captained Hensingham A.R.L.F.C. (inHensingham Whitehaven),^[2]
Workington Town,
Broughton Moor A.R.L.F.C. (inBroughton Moor),
Whitehaven R.L.F.C., as a scrum-half, i.e. number 7, after he stopped playing rugby league he coached at the club.^[3]^[4]

Playing career

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County honours

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Sol Roper at representative level for the Cumberland rugby league team, whilst at Workington Town.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

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Sol Roper played scrum-half, sustained a shoulder injury but returned to the field, in Workington Town's 12–21 defeat by Barrow in the 1954–55 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 30 April 1955 in front of a crowd of 66,513, and was, at the age of 21 years, the youngest Wembley captain in Workington Town's 9–13 defeat by Wigan in the 1957–58 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, on Saturday 10 May 1958.^[5]

Genealogical information

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Sol Roper was the father of the rugby league footballer Tony Roper [1], and the grandfather of the rugby league footballer Jon Roper.^[6]

References

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^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

^ "Hensingham ARLFC at pitchero.com". pitchero.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

^ "» Legends Evening 60's". sandylonning.u-net.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

^ "Tributes for Town legend Sol Roper". 19 October 2015.

^ "1957-1958 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

^ "Tributes for Town legend Sol Roper". timesandstar.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ike Southward 1968	Coach Whitehaven RLFC 1970-1971	Succeeded by Jeff Bowden 1971-197?

External links

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Workington Town - Hall of Fame

Coaching positions

Whitehaven R.L.F.C. coaches

Jack Kitching (1948)
Billy Little (1950)
Neville Emery (1951-56)
Gus Risman (195?)
Eppie Gibson (1957-62)
Jim Brough (1962)
Ike Southward (1968)
Sol Roper (1970-71)
Jeff Bawden (1972–75)
Ike Southward (1975–76)
Bill Smith (1976–78)
Ray Dutton (1978–79)
Phil Kitchin (1979–82)
Arnold Walker (1982)
Tommy Dawes (1982–83)
Frank Foster (1983–85)
Phil Kitchin (1985–87)
John McFarlane (1987–88)
Barry Smith (1988–89)
Eric Fitzsimmons (1989–90)
Norman Turley (1990–91)
Jackie Davidson (1991–92)
Gordon Cottier (1992–93)
Kurt Sorensen (1993–95)
Stan Martin (1995–98)
Colin Armstrong (1998)
Kevin Tamati (1999–2000)
Paul Cullen (2000–02)
Peter Smith (2002–03)
Steve McCormack (2004–05)
Dave Rotheram (2006)
Paul Crarey (2007–08)
Gerard Stokes (2008–10)
David Seeds (2011)
Don Gailer (2012)
Dave Woods (2013–15)
Steve Deakin (2015)
Brett Seymour (interim) (2015)
James Coyle (2015–16)
Carl Forster (2017–18)
Gary Charlton (2018–21)
Jonty Gorley (2022–)

Workington Town coaches

Gus Risman (1946-54)
Jim Brough (1955-58)
Ike Southward (1968)
Eppie Gibson (1971-73)
Ike Southward (1973–75)
Paul Charlton (1975–76)
Ike Southward (1976–78)
Sol Roper (1978–80)
Keith Irving (1980)
Tommy Bishop (1980–82)
Paul Charlton (1982)
Dave Cox (1983)
Harry Archer (1983–84)
Billy Smith (1984–85)
Jackie Davidson (1985–86)
Keith Davies (1986–87)
Norman Turley (1987–88)
Maurice Bamford (1988)
Phil Kitchin (1988–90)
Ray Ashton (1990–91)
Dean Williams (1991–92)
Peter Walsh (1992–95)
Kurt Sorensen (1995–96)
Ross O'Reilly (1996–97)
Robbie Tew (1997–98)
Andy Platt (1999)
Gary Murdock (2000–02)
Martin Wood (2003)
Billy McGinty (2003)
Ged Stokes (2003–07)
Craig Barker and Les Ashe (2007)
Dave Rotheram (2007–09)
Gary Charlton and Martin Oglanby (2009–13)
Gary Charlton (2014)
Phil Veivers (2014–16)
Dave Clark (2017)
Leon Pryce (2018–19)
Chris Thorman (2019–22)
Anthony Murray (2023–)

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