yearastart death_date teama birth_date tries yearstart appearances death_place club goals fieldgoals points name yearend source retired yearaend appearancesa position article_title
1991 20 october 2008 great britain u21 31 july 1971 0 38 1 0 1988 1997 1989 1990 1991 1992 1992 1994 1995 1996 6 69 4 1 cheshire , england widnes western suburbs salford widnes warrington wigan manly-warringah wakefield trinity widnes bradford northern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 4 0 david myers 92 93 96 97 -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/david-myers/summary.html rlp -rsb- yes 92 5 wg david myers -lrb- rugby league -rrb-

david myers -lrb- rugby league -rrb-

david myers -lrb- 31 july 1971 -- 20 october 2008 -rrb- born in widnes , lancashire , was an english rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s , playing at representative level for great britain in non-test matches on the 1992 tour of papua new guinea , australia , and new zealand , and at club level for widnes -lrb- twice -rrb- , warrington , wigan , manly-warringah sea eagles , wakefield trinity , bradford bulls , western suburbs magpies , and salford city reds , as a , i.e. number 2 or 5 , he died in sandbach .
myers played and scored the match-winning try in wigan 's 13-8 victory over st. helens in the 1991 challenge cup final during the 1990 -- 91 season at wembley stadium , london on saturday 27 april 1991 , and played right - , i.e. number 2 , and scored a try in the defending champions wigan 's 21-4 victory over the visiting penrith panthers in the 1991 world club challenge during the 1991 -- 92 season at anfield , liverpool on wednesday the 2 october 1991 .
following the arrival of martin offiah , myers lost his first team place at wigan , but was nevertheless selected to go on the 1992 great britain lions tour of australia and new zealand .
in october 1992 , he was sold to widnes in an exchange deal which saw paul atcheson join wigan from widnes .
he continued his success in the challenge cup with his new team , myers played left - , i.e. number 5 , in widnes ' 14-20 defeat by wigan in the 1993 challenge cup final during the 1992 -- 93 season at wembley stadium , london on saturday 1 may 1993 .
he died on 20 october 2008 in a car accident on the m6 motorway .
it was confirmed in a coroner 's report that myers was using steroids and amphetamines whilst driving , and died of a heart attack , although the report also concluded the condition had occurred naturally , and that the two drugs had only contributed to this .
