updated death_date birth_date first death_place club ru_teama ru_position name fullname birth_place nickname ru_yearastart source retired new position article_title ru_club
15 june 2012 30 april 1939 29 january 1873 ru hemsworth , england castleford wakefield trinity england forward john ward john william ward castleford , england john `` willie '' ward 1896 -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/all.html rugbyleagueproject.org -rsb- yes yes forward john ward -lrb- rugby -rrb-
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john ward -lrb- rugby -rrb-

john william `` willie '' ward -lrb- born 29 january 1873 in castleford -- died in hemsworth -rrb- was an english licensed victualler , and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s , playing representative level rugby union -lrb- ru -rrb- for england , and at club level for castleford rufc -lsb- http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/castlefordrugbyunion] -lrb- captain -rrb- , as a forward , e.g. prop , hooker , lock , number eight , or flanker , and playing club level rugby league -lrb- rl -rrb- for castleford , and wakefield trinity .
