List of Castleford Tigers players

The Castleford Tigers (known as Castleford RLFC until 1996) are an English rugby league club who have competed in the British rugby league system since 1926. Over 1,000 individual players have represented the club throughout its history, with each being assigned a unique heritage number based on the order of their first appearance.

This list comprises every player who has appeared (thus excluding non-playing substitutes) in a competitive first-class match for Castleford. This includes any matches that were subsequently abandoned, expunged or re-played, but excludes friendlies.David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport – Castleford Rugby League – A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. David Smart (15 June 2002). "50 Greats: Castleford RLFC". The History Press Ltd. Phil Hodgson (12 March 2011). "Twenty Legends: Castleford Rugby League". Vertical Editions

Players Heritage numberNameFromUntilPositionNotes 522 1969–70 1976–77 114 23 56 1 183During his time at Castleford he scored one 2-point drop goal 316 1949–50 1950–51 2 0 0 0 0 133 1933–34 1942–43 196 39 0 0 117Shot down 31 January 1945 (aged 35) over Burma 903 2010 2010 7 4 0 0 16‡ 312 1949–50 1951–52 63 14 1 0 44 37 1926–27 1927–28 1 0 0 0 0 126 1932–33 1933–34 1 0 0 0 0 152 1935–36 1938–39 27 1 2 0 7 736 1996 1996 1 0 0 0 0‡ 202 1940–41 324 1950–51 1956–57 121 20 5 0 70 657 1986–87 1997 234 82 0 1 329‡ 306 1948–49 1955–56 204 8 0 0 24 620 1982–83 1984–85 11 0 1 0 2‡ 100 1930–31 1931–32 8 0 0 0 0 110 1931–32 1933–34 30 1 0 0 3 481 1964–65 1968–69 19 9 0 0 27 354 1952–53 1956–57 2 0 0 0 0 517 1968–69 1974–75 67 17 47 0 145 257 1944–45 1945–46 1 0 0 0 0 768 2000 2000 5 0 0 0 0‡± 54 1927–28 1928–29 1 0 0 0 0 891 2008 2012 42 15 2 0 64‡± 428 1957–58 1958–59 5 0 0 0 0 117 1931–32 1937–38 89 7 0 0 21 430 1957–58 1960–61 11 1 0 0 3 98 1930–31 1937–38 196 64 0 0 192 914 2011 2011 19 2 0 0 8‡± 16 1926–27 1931–32 97 25 0 0 75 191 1939–40 1942–43 20 5 3 0 21 991 2018 2019 10 4 0 0 16‡ 630 1983–84 1987–88 45 21 0 0 84‡ 686 1990–91 1992–93 9 1 0 0 4‡ 21 1926–27 1942–43 431 157 230 1 933Captain. During his time at Castleford he scored one 2-point drop goal 927 2012 2012 2 0 0 0 0‡± 498 1966–67 1970–71 91 31 0 0 93 48 1927–28 1930–31 41 7 0 0 21 206 1940–41 1942–43 12 3 0 0 9Died May 2006 (aged 85) 839 2005 2005 12 1 0 0 4 958 2015 2015 6 1 0 0 4‡± 475 1963–64 1968–69 8 1 0 0 3 595 1978–79 1980–81 45 6 0 0 18 190 1940–41 1942–43 11 0 0 0 0 150 1935–36 1942–43 41 2 0 0 6 737 1996 1997 2 0 0 0 0‡ 867 2007 2007 26 17 0 0 68‡± 274 1945–46 1946–47 1 0 0 0 0 389 1955–56 1965–66 93 3 102 0 213 327 1950–51 1953–54 20 0 16 2 36During his time at Castleford he scored two 2-point drop goal 397 1956–57 1957–58 2 0 0 0 0 485 1964–65 1966–67 15 8 0 0 24 785 2002 2003 48 10 166 0 372‡ 879 2007 2007 1 0 0 0 0± 278 1945–46 1952–53 140 28 0 0 84 781 2001 2002 5 0 0 0 0‡± 221 1941–42 1941–42 1 0 0 0 0Wartime guest appearance 332 1951–52 1955–56 93 15 0 0 45 40 1926–27 1927–28 8 1 0 0 3 427 1957–58 1966–67 174 75 0 0 225Died Apr 2018 (aged 82) 586 1977–78 1979–80 13 1 0 0 3Died 28 Feb 2007 (aged 54) 462 1961–62 1967–68 52 8 0 0 24 627 1983–84 1993–94 63 11 0 0 44‡ 611 1979–80 1992–93 247 80 0 0 297During his time at Castleford he scored twenty-three 3-point tries and fifty-seven 4-point tries. ‡ 608 1979–80 1989–90 293 99 518 9 1397During his time at Castleford he scored forty-four 3-point tries and fifty-five 4-point tries. ‡ 662 1987–88 1988–89 20 10 0 0 40‡ 104 1930–31 1931–32 3 0 0 0 0 345 1952–53 1953–54 10 1 0 0 3 425 1957–58 1958–59 4 0 0 1 2During his time at Castleford he scored one 2-point drop goal 286 1946–47 1947–48 2 0 0 0 0 474 1962–63 1971–72 111 6 0 0 18 61 1928–29 1929–30 1 0 0 0 0 667 1988–89 1989–90 11 5 0 1 21‡ 507 1966–67 1967–68 1 0 0 0 0 476 1966–67 1967–68 48 4 2 0 16 569 1974–75 1977–78 66 6 0 0 18 754 1998 2000 13 1 26 0 56‡± 115 1931–32 1932–33 4 2 0 0 6 299 1947–48 1949–50 2 0 0 0 0 260 Wartime guest 421 1957–58 1962–63 32 1 0 0 3 394 1955–56 1957–58 43 1 0 0 3 502 1966–67 1970–71 18 1 0 0 3 245 1944–45 1945–46 1 0 0 0 0 392 1955–56 1957–58 3 0 0 0 0 828 2005 2006 46 17 0 0 68‡ 1006 2021 present 1 0 0 0 0 122 1932–33 1933–34 1 0 0 0 0 547 1971–72 1976–77 63 4 11 1 35 606 1979–80 1983–84 46 13 38 1 116‡ 378 1954–55 1956–57 24 6 0 0 18 521 1969–70 1976–77 27 5 0 0 15 265 1944–45 1947–48 3 1 0 0 3 658 1986–87 1990–91 10 0 0 0 0‡ 931 2012 2012 1 0 0 0 0‡± 695 1991–92 1995–96 111 64 0 0 256‡ 993 2019 present 37 8 0 0 32‡ 520 1968–69 1972–73 23 2 5 0 16 793 2002 2004 16 0 0 0 0‡± 843 2005 2006 12 4 0 0 16‡± 672 1988–89 1990–91 5 0 0 0 0‡ 702 1992–93 1993–94 1 1 0 0 4‡ 461 1961–62 1962–63 1 0 0 0 0 195 1940–41 1941–42 1 0 0 0 0 171 1937–38 1938–39 2 0 0 0 0 372 1954–55 1958–59 53 0 0 0 0 262 1944–45 1949–50 33 6 0 0 18World War II guest at Huddersfield during the 1944–45 season 659 1987–88 1993–94 61 24 0 0 96‡ 727 1996 1996 21 5 84 0 190 ‡ 155 1935–36 1946–47 14 3 3 0 15 267 187 1939–40 1939–40 1 0 0 0 0 840 2005 2009 58 10 1 0 42‡± 227 1941–42 234 Wartime guest 696 1991–92 1992–93 33 4 0 0 16‡ 393 1955–56 1956–57 2 0 0 0 0 363 1953–54 1954–55 7 0 0 0 0 581 1976–77 1977–78 12 1 0 0 3Heritage No. 581, Kurri Kurri Bulldogs 682 1989–90 1992–93 27 4 0 0 16‡ 809 2004 2005 8 0 0 0 0‡± 419 1957–58 1963–64 110 4 0 0 12 454 1960–61 1962–63 9 0 30 0 60 587 1977–78 1979–80 20 0 0 0 0 269 1945–46 1947–48 36 0 59 0 118 493 1965–66 1978–79 338 92 0 0 276Captain. 167 1937–38 1947–48 81 14 0 0 42 550 1972–73 1976–77 92 22 0 0 66 199 1940–41 1946–47 84 18 41 0 136 859 2006 2007 35 12 153 4 358‡± 319 1949–50 1953–54 92 37 0 0 111 436 1958–59 1963–64 101 29 0 0 87 466 1962–63 1965–66 10 1 0 0 3 242 1944–45 1952–53 20 2 0 0 6World War II guest at Huddersfield during the 1944–45 season 505 1966–67 1970–71 16 0 0 1 1 22 1926–27 1927–28 1 0 0 0 0 437 1958–59 1963–64 20 0 0 0 0 272 1945–46 1946–47 3 0 0 0 0 546 1971–72 1976–77 36 2 1 0 8 410 1956–57 1963–64 62 5 0 0 15 426 1957–58 1970–71 253 75 0 0 225Died 9 Jun 2019 (aged 78) 219 1941–42 1942–43 1 0 0 0 0 519 1968–69 1972–73 11 0 0 0 0 584 1976–77 1978–79 12 2 0 0 6Died 9 Jun 2013 (aged 65) 577 1975–76 1980–81 135 89 41 4 353 380 1954–55 1959–60 107 31 0 0 93 387 1955–56 1956–57 1 0 0 0 0 448 1959–60 1963–64 47 12 0 0 36 273 1945–46 1946–47 2 0 0 0 0 201 1940–41 1941–42 1 0 0 0 0 763 2000 2000 20 6 0 0 24‡ 252 1943–44 1943–44 1 0 0 0 0 209 933 2013 2015 62 63 0 0 252‡± 203 1940–41 1941–42 1 0 0 0 0 196 1940–41 47 1927–28 1929–30 41 11 0 0 33 434 1958–59 1964–65 18 6 0 0 18 948 2014 2014 6 1 0 0 4‡± 224 1941–42 1941–42 1 0 0 0 0Wartime guest appearance 69 1928–29 1933–34 81 17 1 0 53 384 1955–56 1956–57 1 0 0 0 0 889 2008 2008 14 3 0 0 12‡± 81 1929–30 1930–31 1 0 0 0 0 940 2013 2015 28 8 0 0 32‡± 634 1984–85 1990–91 60 26 0 0 104 ‡± 732 1996 1998 33 9 0 0 36‡ 58 1927–28 1934–35 111 31 0 0 93 782 2001 2007 32 5 2 0 24‡± 489 1964–65 1966–67 22 2 0 0 6 894 2009 2013 136 48 0 3 195 ‡± 554 1972–73 1974–75 14 0 0 0 0 154 1935–36 1936–37 2 0 0 0 0 235 277 1945–46 1948–49 32 9 1 0 29 271 1945–46 1946–47 1 0 0 0 0 228 1941–42 926 2012 present 63 30 0 0 120‡± 915 2011 2014 94 37 0 0 148‡± 439 1958–59 1965–66 61 14 100 0 242Died Jan 2011 (aged 71) 985 2018 2019 24 3 0 0 12‡± 677 1989–90 1992–93 30 2 0 0 8‡ 988 2019 2019 20 4 0 0 16‡ 399 1956–57 1957–58 1 0 3 0 6 544 1971–72 1983–84 142 13 1 0 41‡± 310 1948–49 1954–55 45 6 43 0 104 802 2004 2010 95 14 0 0 56‡± 259 255 1944–45 1952–53 103 25 4 0 83Castleford Head-coach 1964-66 395 1955–56 1957–58 5 0 0 0 0 337 1951–52 1952–53 7 1 0 0 3 622 1982–83 1985–86 77 15 0 0 55During his time at Castleford he scored five 3-point tries and ten 4-point tries.‡ 183 1939–40 1942–43 4 0 0 0 0 604 1978–79 1985–86 151 16 0 0 54During his time at Castleford he scored ten 3-point tries and six 4-point tries.‡ 887 2008 2020 115 13 0 0 52‡± 829 2005 2005 8 0 0 0 0 570 1975–76 1978–79 49 5 0 0 15 573 1975–76 1977–78 5 0 0 0 0 904 2010 2010 6 2 0 0 8‡± 275 1945–46 1948–49 59 15 0 0 45 417 1957–58 1960–61 26 0 0 0 0 160 1936–37 1946–47 121 2 0 0 6Died 7 Jun 1996 (aged 85) 711 1994–95 1996 26 6 0 0 24‡ 536 1970–71 1973–74 22 0 0 0 0 318 1949–50 1952–53 8 0 0 0 0 701 1992–93 1993–94 29 2 1 0 10‡ 664 1987–88 1990–91 17 1 0 0 4‡ 591 1977–78 1984–85 96 17 0 0 56During his time at Castleford he scored twelve 3-point tries and five 4-point tries.‡ 149 1935–36 745 1997 1998 39 15 0 0 60‡ 873 2007 2007 1 2 0 0 8 963 2016 2016 28 6 1 0 26‡± 685 1989–90 1997 222 18 596 1 1265‡ 136 1933–34 1949–50 261 23 6 2 85During his time at Castleford he scored two 2-point drop goals. 605 1978–79 1979–80 7 3 0 0 9 401 1956–57 1957–58 4 0 0 0 0 954 2015 2015 6 0 0 0 0‡± 130 1933–34 1945–46 283 150 52 0 554 819 2004 2005 34 8 1 0 34‡ 135 1933–34 1946–47 184 89 0 0 267 441 1958–59 1960–61 6 0 0 0 0 713 1994–95 1996 13 0 2 0 4‡± 210 Wartime guest appearance. Died 1982 aged 65–66 270 1945–46 1946–47 1 0 0 0 0 920 2011 2013 9 2 0 0 8‡± 905 2010 2011 7 1 0 0 4‡± 266 Could this be Idwal Davies? 4 1926–27 1927–28 19 1 0 0 3 111 1931–32 1937–38 204 25 0 5 85During his time at Castleford he scored five 2-point drop goals. 746 1997 2006 141 53 66 10 354‡±Assistant coach 2005-06 949 2014 2014 1 0 0 0 0‡± 515 1968–69 1971–72 21 5 0 0 15 530 1969–70 1973–74 30 9 3 0 33Died 18 Jul 2014 (aged 65) 121 1932–33 1934–35 8 0 0 0 0 86 1929–30 1930–31 2 0 0 0 0 75 1928–29 1930–31 3 0 0 0 0 644 1985–86 1986–87 16 1 6 1 17‡ 542 1971–72 1979–80 139 14 0 0 42 25 1926–27 1929–30 13 3 0 0 9 479 1963–64 1975–76 328 29 1 0 89 467 1962–63 1964–65 22 0 53 1 108During his time at Castleford he scored one 2-point drop goal. 870 2007 2014 160 72 308 0 904‡± 32 1926–27 1928–29 7 0 0 0 0 755 1998 2000 11 0 0 0 0‡± 338 1951–52 90 1929–30 1930–31 1 0 0 0 0 862 2007 2008 50 28 0 0 112‡± 368 1953–54 1954–55 1 0 0 0 0 882 2008 2016 85 64 1 0 258‡± 972 2016 2018 2 0 0 0 0‡± 561 1974–75 1975–76 1 0 0 0 0 875 2007 2007 1 1 0 0 4 294 1947–48 1953–54 10 2 0 0 6 844 2006 2006 20 5 0 0 20‡± 756 1999 2005 152 69 0 0 276‡± 371 1954–55 1959–60 85 34 0 0 102 249 1944–45 1952–53 46 5 0 0 15 769 2000 2000 5 0 3 0 6‡± 143 1934–35 1935–36 2 0 0 0 0 918 2011 present 82 83 0 0 332‡± 712 1994–95 1996 9 3 0 0 12‡ 458 1960–61 1972–73 309 38 0 0 116 thirty-eight 3-point tries equates to 114-points, not the 116-points stated in the thecastlefordtigers.co.uk reference.Died 27 Jan 2020 729 1996 1997 15 1 4 0 12‡ 855 2006 2006 3 0 0 0 0‡± 979 2017 2019 16 11 0 0 44‡± 788 2002 2002 1 1 0 0 4‡± 765 2000 2000 1 0 0 0 0‡ 929 2012 2019 65 17 155 2 380‡± 188 1939–40 680 1989–90 1994–95 175 97 17 0 422‡±Died 31 Dec 2005 (aged 41) 752 1998 1999 27 7 0 0 28‡ 913 2011 2013 52 0 0 0 0‡± 832 2005 2005 2 0 0 0 0 139 1934–35 1938–39 18 5 1 0