Joseph Bonnar
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Bonnar | |||||
| Born | April→June 1948 (age 67–68) Whitehaven district, Cumberland, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1967–Jan 68 | Whitehaven | |||||
| Jan 1968–75 | Wakefield Trinity | 160 | 35 | 1 | 107 | |
| 1975–≥78 | Halifax | |||||
| Total | 160 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 107 | |
Joseph "Joe" Bonnar (birth registered April→June 1948 (age 67–68)
[1]) birth registered in Whitehaven district, Cumberland, is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, playing at club level for Hensingham ARLFC , Whitehaven, Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #743), and Halifax, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7.
Playing career
County Cup final appearances
Joe Bonnar played Scrum-half/Halfback in Wakefield Trinity's 2–7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played Scrum-half/Halfback in the 13–16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974.
Club career
Joe Bonnar made his début for Wakefield Trinity in the 20-8 victory over Hull at The Boulevard, Kingston upon Hull on Saturday 20 January 1968.
Outside of Rugby League
Joe Bonnar, a well-known Dewsbury landlord pulled his final pint on 29 January 29 2007, as he retired after 18 years at the same pub. The former professional rugby league player left The George Hotel in Moor End Lane in Dewsbury Moor to care for his wife Carol, who had suffered a stroke. Regulars at The George Hotel organised a leaving do for the popular couple, who took on the pub in January 1989 and made it a focal point of the community. Joe and Carol helped to raise more than £30,000 for various charities over the years and handed over a cheque for over £2,000 to The Diabetes Appeal at Dewsbury District Hospital before they left The George Hotel. Joe is originally from Cumbria and moved to the area when Wakefield Trinity bought him from Whitehaven for the princely sum of £3,250. The nippy scrum-half finished his career at Halifax aged 29 and worked as a miner and a tradesman before settling on the licensed trade. Joe and Carol moved to Ullswater Road, Dewsbury, close to Hanging Heaton Golf Club, where Joe is a member.
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.