Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:27 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

I think there was one in 20s 30s who had Ginger has nickname ,can't think of his name ,but it will be in the Headingley story Vol I

I remember watching him live. El Gingero the crowd in the paddock would chant, I never did find out why.

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:38 pm  

I'd successfully deleted that game from my brain. Thanks for bringing it back up again! deginner wrote: Also is it just ginners, or do "red heads" count? This Image is Hosted on Imgur : Users should see the AUP for allowable uses

I'd successfully deleted that game from my brain. Thanks for bringing it back up again! deginner wrote: Also is it just ginners, or do "red heads" count? This Image is Hosted on Imgur : Users should see the AUP for allowable uses

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:29 pm  

Neil Lean (prop forward) in the late 70's was very ginger.

27 apps and 1 three point try.

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:25 am  

Andy Gregory was a little Ginger, and a little Ginger.

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:03 pm  

Was Mel Mason ginger?

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:13 pm  

In my minds eye Jim Fallon was auburn but the pics say not.

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:49 am  

Arthur "Ginger" Thomas (1920s prop) and halfback "Ginger" Downes (1940s) were both presumably hilariously nicknamed after their hair colour. Ever so slightly more recently, but isn't Crosby a ginger as well? He certainly looks it in some photos.

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:42 am  

When he had hair, wasn't Lewis Jones a ginner?

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Wed Aug 01, 2018 5:56 pm  

Mark Brooke-Cowden.

Re: Ginners to play for Leeds : Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:46 pm  

Never realised there was so many colour blind people about!!!