Trevor Foster Trevor John French Foster MBE was a Welsh rugby footballer, and coach . He played rugby union for Newport and rugby league for Bradford Northern . Trevor Foster was a Sergeant Physical Training Instructor in the British Army during World War II .Early years Trevor Foster was born on 3 December 1914 in Newport, Monmouthshire , but is best known for his association with the Bradford Northern rugby league club having joined them as a player in 1938 for £400 from Newport RFC , his home town's rugby union club. He made a name for himself playing for Newport Schoolboys and Pill Harriers as a teenager, before joining Newport. He was also chosen to play for invitational team Crawshays .Bradford Northern career In all he played 428 games for Bradford Northern, usually as a and occasionally a. During this time he scored 140 tries including 24 in the 1947-48 season and 6 in 1 game. Trevor was the key forward of an outstanding Bradford Northern side in the post war period which won the Rugby League Challenge Cup in 1947 and 1949 with Trevor scoring in both games. The Northern side at this time had some great Welsh players including mercurial Willie Davies , s Des Case and Alan Edwards , and of course Frank Whitcombe at.Trevor Foster won caps for Wales while at Bradford Northern 1939…1951 16-caps, including 7 as captain , and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford Northern in 1946 against New Zealand, and in 1948 against Australia It is certain he would have won more caps had it not been for World War II . In 1946 he was selected for the winning Ashes tour of Australia, but was injured before being able to play a game .Trevor Foster played right-, i.e. number 12, in Bradford Northern's 6-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1951–52 season at Leeds Road, Huddersfield on Saturday 10 May 1952.Trevor Foster played right-, i.e. number 12, in Bradford Northern's 3-8 defeat by Wigan in the 1947–48 Challenge Cup Final during the 1947–48 season at Wembley Stadium , London on Saturday 1 May 1948.Other notable matches Trevor Foster played left- and was captain for Northern Command XIII against a Rugby League XIII at Thrum Hall , Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942 .Unblemished disciplinary record Remarkably for a forward of the time Trevor was never sent from the field of play or even cautioned during his 17 years of top flight rugby.Retirement and coaching After his retirement in 1955 he remained a servant of the Bradford club successively as Coach, Director and Chairman of the Supporters Club and timekeeper for Super League home games.Club saviour It was in 1963 when he secured his place in Bradford and Rugby League history when he was the central figure in a campaign to save his beloved Bradford Northern club who had disbanded due to financial problems. He led efforts to reconstitute the club which was then able to rejoin the league the following season. Without his work it is unlikely that the club would exist today.Honours In 2001 Trevor Foster was awarded an MBE, in 2004 was inducted into Welsh Sports Hall of Fame .Honoured at Bradford Trevor Foster, has been included in Bradford's; 'Millennium Masters', 'Bull Masters', and in August 2007 he was named in the 'Team Of The Century'. Only six players have been included in all three lists, they are; Karl Fairbank , Trevor Foster, James Lowes, Keith Mumby , Robbie Paul and Ernest Ward .honoured 13 rugby league footballers on Thursday 20 August 2009, at a ceremony at The Jungle , the home of the Castleford Tigers . A fleet of new buses were named after the 'Arriva Yorkshire Rugby League Dream Team'. Members of the public nominated the best ever rugby league footballers to have played in West Yorkshire, supported by local rugby league journalists; James Deighton from BBC Leeds , and Tim Butcher, editor of Rugby League World . The 'Arriva Yorkshire Rugby League Dream Team' is; Trevor Foster MBE, Neil Fox MBE, Albert Goldthorpe , Alan Hardisty , Stan Kielty , Lewis Jones , Roger Millward MBE, Malcolm Reilly , Garry Schofield , Keith Senior , David Topliss , Dave Valentine and Adrian Vowles .Death Trevor Foster died peacefully in hospital in Bradford after a short illness.
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