yearastart updated death_date teama birth_date tries yearstart appearances death_place club goals fieldgoals yearcend yearbstart points coachyearstart coachteam appearancesc name yearcstart fullname coachyearend birth_place yearend teamb nickname retired new yearaend appearancesa teamc appearancesb position article_title
1971 29 march 2012 16 june 2008 -lrb- aged 58 -rrb- yorkshire 29 december 1949 0 10 56 9 1968 1976 1977 1981 1985 1987 417 12 18 120 49 crofton , england wakefield trinity trinity penrith panthers balmain tigers hull oldham wakefield 0 0 0 0 1 2 82 1975 0 31 189 36 1987 wakefield trinity 4 david topliss 1973 david john topliss 94 wakefield , west riding of yorkshire , england 81 85 87 88 england toppo yes yes ≥ 80 ≥ 15 great britain 2 so-fe david topliss

david topliss

david topliss -lrb- 29 december 1949 -- 16 june 2008 -lrb- aged 58 -rrb- -rrb- was an english rugby league world cup winning footballer , and coach .
he played and coached with wakefield trinity -lrb- captain -rrb- -lrb- heritage # 746 -rrb- in the late 1970s and early 1980s .
his playing career started at normanton juniors arlfc before spending 13 years with wakefield trinity from 1968 -- 81 , he played right - , i.e. number 2 , and made his début for wakefield trinity against halifax at thrum hall , halifax on monday 2 september 1968 , and won the lance todd trophy as man of the match in the 1979 challenge cup final even though he was on the losing side .
he joined hull at age 31 for a fee of # 15,000 .
he captained them to six finals in his four years at the club including when they won the challenge cup in 1982 .
-lsb- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-topliss-sparkling-rugby-international-849946.html] he was captain of hull during the 1981 -- 82 , 1982 -- 83 , 1983 -- 84 , and 1984 -- 85 seasons .
topliss played in the summer in australia for penrith panthers -lrb- 1976 -rrb- and balmain tigers -lrb- 1977 -rrb- .
