John Sheridan (24 November 1933 – 13 November 2012) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s and coach of the 1970s and '80s playing at club level for Castleford (captain) as a Centre or Loose forward/Lock i.e. number 3 or 4 or 13. This was during the era of contested scrums. He went on to coach at club level for Castleford Leeds and Doncaster. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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