J. William Billy Bulmer was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s playing at representative level for England and at club level for Halifax as a Second-row i.e. number 11 or 12 during the era of contested scrums. 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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Athlete