Jimmy Lewthwaite (10 November 1920 - 23 December 2006), who was born in Broughton Road, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, was a rugby league winger for Barrow and Great Britain.
He achieved legendary status with Barrow, scoring a club record 351 tries and kicking 20 goals in exactly 500 appearances from 1943-57. He scored 50 tries in his final season, 1956-57, another club record. He retired after Barrow's Challenge Cup final defeat by Leeds in 1957, one...
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Jimmy Lewthwaite (10 November 1920 - 23 December 2006), who was born in Broughton Road, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, was a rugby league winger for Barrow and Great Britain.
He achieved legendary status with Barrow, scoring a club record 351 tries and kicking 20 goals in exactly 500 appearances from 1943-57. He scored 50 tries in his final season, 1956-57, another club record. He retired after Barrow's Challenge Cup final defeat by Leeds in 1957, one of three Wembley appearances he made with the Cumbrian club during that decade.
Jim Lewthwaite's Testimonial match took place in 1956.
He was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame when it was launched in 2001, alongside 1950s team-mates Phil Jackson and Willie Horne.
On the international front he travelled to Australasia with Great Britain in 1946 - the famous "Indomitables" tour, named after the vessel on which they sailed, HMS Indomitable. He top-scored with 25 tries on that tour despite not making the Test team. He also won one England cap...
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