Rugby League Great Davies Dies Aged 75
Alan Davies, one of rugby league's post-war greats and Oldham's all-time leading try scorer, has died aged 75
Alan Davies, one of rugby league's post-war greats, has died in Blackburn, aged 75. A center, he played 391 times for Oldham during their trophy winning decade of the 1950s, scoring 174 tries to become the Roughyeds' all-time leading try scorer.
An original member of the club's hall of fame, he won 20 Great Britain caps, toured Australia with Great Britain in 1958 and later moved on to Wigan, for whom he played at Wembley against Wakefield Trinity in the 1963 Challenge Cup final.
Michael Turner, an Oldham RL historian, said: "Alan was one of the greatest centers the game has ever known. Many supporters regarded him as the best player ever to have played for Oldham. The fact that he is the most-capped player in the history of the club adds weight to the argument."
An original member of the club's hall of fame, he won 20 Great Britain caps, toured Australia with Great Britain in 1958 and later moved on to Wigan, for whom he played at Wembley against Wakefield Trinity in the 1963 Challenge Cup final.
Michael Turner, an Oldham RL historian, said: "Alan was one of the greatest centers the game has ever known. Many supporters regarded him as the best player ever to have played for Oldham. The fact that he is the most-capped player in the history of the club adds weight to the argument."
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