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Leslie Pearce (13 October 1923 – 21 April 2018) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC as a lock, and club level rugby league (RL) for Halifax as a second-row, and coached representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax, Leigh and Dewsbury.

Background

Les Pearce was born in Swansea, and he died aged 94.

Coaching career

Halifax

Les Pearce was the coach in Halifax's 22-11 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1971–72 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1971–72 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 January 1972.

Leigh

Les Pearce was the coach in Leigh's 5-0 victory over Widnes in the 1972 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1972-73 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 19 December 1972.

Wales

Les Pearce was the coach for Wales in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup.

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Les Pearce - Halifax & Wales coach". Rugby League Journal. No. 63. Summer 2018. p. 31.
4. "Former Wales head coach Les Pearce dies aged 93". Wales Rugby League. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
5. "Statistics at swansearfc.co.uk". swansearfc.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

External links

• The Welshman who kicked an amazing 535 goals for Halifax
• ĎŔƑ Landmark Lunch To Celebrate 1975 World Championship
• Dragons and All Blacks: Wales v. New Zealand - 1953 and a Century of Rivalry
• Canterbury's Bid For Mills
• You've Never Had It So Good!: Recollections of Life in the 1950s
• Battle Of Brisbane Players Reunite 40 Years On
• (archived by web.archive.org) Dave Fleming's Blast From The Past
• A reunion to remember

Coaching positions

v t e Dewsbury Rams coaches Joe Lyman (1934) Eddie Waring (1940-44) Vic Hey (1944-47) Leonard Constance (1951) Bert Cook (1958) Les Pearce (197?-??) Maurice Bamford (1974) Alan Hardisty (1974–75) Dave Cox (1975–77) Ron Hill (1977) Lewis Jones (1977–78) Jeff Grayshon (1978) Alan Lockwood (1978–80) Bernard Watson (1980–82) Ray Abbey (1982–83) Tommy Smales (1983–84) Jack Addy (1984–87) David Busfield (1987) Terry Crook (1987–88) Maurice Bamford (1988–90) Jack Addy (1990–93) Norman Smith (1993–95) Tony Fisher (1995–96) Neil Kelly (1996–2000) Roy Sampson (2000–02) Andy Fisher (2002–03) Andy Kelly (2003–08) Warren Jowitt (2008–12) Glenn Morrison (2012–17) Neil Kelly (2017–18) Lee Greenwood (2019–21) Paul Sykes 2022 Liam Finn (2022-23) Dale Ferguson (2024) Paul March - interim (2024-present) v t e Halifax Panthers coaches W Bennett (1938-39) Arthur Atkinson (1948-49) Albert Fearnley (1964-65) Jack Scroby (197?-7?) Derek Hallas (1974) Les Pearce (1974–76) Alan Kellett (1976–77) Jim Crellin (1977) Harry Fox (1977–78) Maurice Bamford (1978–80) Mick Blacker (1980–82) Ken Roberts (1982) Colin Dixon (1982–84) Chris Anderson (1984–88) Ross Strudwick (1988–89) Alan Hardisty (1989) John Dorahy (1989–90) Peter Roe (1990–91) Roger Millward (1991–92) Mal Reilly (1993–94) Steve Simms (1994–96) John Pendlebury (1997–98) Gary Mercer (1999–00) Steve Linnane (2001) Tony Anderson (2002–04) Anthony Farrell (2004–06) Martin Hall (2006) Matt Calland (2008–11) Karl Harrison (2012–14) Richard Marshall (2015–19) Simon Grix (2019–23) Liam Finn (2024) Kyle Eastmond (2024–present) v t e Leigh Leopards coaches Formerly Leigh (1878–1995) and Leigh Centurions (1996–2022) Jim Jolley (c1910-??) Emlyn Jenkins (1946–47) Laurie Higgins (1947) Jack Miller (1948) Emlyn Jenkins (1948–50) Joe Egan (1950–56) Jack Helme (1956–58) Peter Foster (1958–59) Don Gullick (1959–60) Jack Helme (1960–62) Alan Prescott (1962–64) Gerry Helme (1964–66) Alex Murphy (1966–71) Peter Smethurst (1971) Derek Hurt (1971–72) Les Pearce (1972–74) Eddie Cheetham (1974–75) Kevin Ashcroft (1975–77) Bill Kindon (1977) John Mantle (1977–78) Tommy Grainey (1978–80) Alex Murphy (1980–82) Colin Clarke (1982) Peter Smethurst (1982–83) Tommy Bishop (1983–84) John Woods (1984–85) Alex Murphy (1985) Tommy Dickens (1985–86) Billy Benyon (1986–90) Alex Murphy (1990–91) Kevin Ashcroft (1991–92) Jim Crellin (1992) Steve Simms (1992–94) Denis Ramsdale (1994) Ian Lucas (1994–96) Eric Hughes (1996) Keith Latham (1996–98) Norman Turley (1998) Ian Millward (1998–2000) Paul Terzis (2000–03) Darren Abram (2003–05) Tony Benson (2005–06) Darren Shaw (2006–08) Neil Kelly (2008–09) Paul Rowley (2009) Ian Millward (2009–11) Paul Rowley (2012–16) Neil Jukes (2016–18) Kieron Purtill (2018–19) John Duffy (2019–21) Kurt Haggerty (2021) Adrian Lam (2022–) v t e Wales national rugby league team coaches Les Pearce (1975) David Watkins (1976-77) Bill Francis & John Mantle (1978) Kel Coslett (1978-81) David Watkins (1982-85) Clive Griffiths (1991-00) Neil Kelly (2001-03) Stuart Wilkinson (2004) Martin Hall (2005-07) John Dixon (2008) Iestyn Harris (2009-13) John Kear (2014-present)

• 1923 births
• 2018 deaths
• Dewsbury Rams coaches
• Dewsbury Rams players
• Footballers who switched code
• Halifax R.L.F.C. coaches
• Halifax R.L.F.C. players
• Leigh Leopards coaches
• Rugby league players from Swansea
• Rugby league second-rows
• Rugby union locks
• Rugby union players from Swansea
• Swansea RFC players
• Wales national rugby league team coaches
• Welsh rugby league coaches
• Welsh rugby league players
• Welsh rugby union players