Former GB & Wales international rugby league footballer
Billy Boston MBE
Personal information
Full name
William John Boston
Born
(1934-08-06) 6 August 1934 (age 89)[1] Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
CIACs
1950
Neath
1952
Pontypridd
1
1
0
0
5
Total
1
1
0
0
5
Rugby league
Position
Wing, Centre
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1953–68
Wigan
488
478
7
0
1448
1969–70
Blackpool Boro
11
5
0
0
15
Total
499
483
7
0
1463
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1954–62
Great Britain
31
24
0
0
72
1955
Welsh XIII
1
0
0
0
3
1955
Other Nationalities
2
5
0
0
15
1956
English XIII
1
1
0
0
3
1954-62
GB tour games
27
53
0
0
159
1957
British XIII
1
4
0
0
12
1954
GB v France
1
1
0
0
3
Source: [2][3]
William John Boston, MBE (born 6 August 1934) is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer who played as a wing or centre. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Boston started his career as a rugby union player before joining Wigan in 1953. He spent the next 15 years at Wigan, where he scored a club-record 478 tries in his 488 appearances for the club. He finished his career at Blackpool Borough before retiring in 1970. He also represented Great Britain in 31 Test matches, and was part of the team that won the 1960 Rugby League World Cup.[3]
Regarded as one of the sport's greatest ever players, Boston scored a total of 571 tries in his career, making him the second-highest try scorer in rugby league history. He is an original inductee of the British Rugby League Hall of Fame, Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and Wigan Warriors Hall of Fame, and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1996 Birthday Honours "for services to the community in Wigan, Greater Manchester."[4]
^"Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^eraofthebiff.com
^ ab"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 15.
new record of 36 tries in 18 games. Boston also played in the 1962 tour, scoring a further 22 tries. BillyBoston also represented Great Britain while...
Vorhees 2009, pp. 148–151. Baker, Billy (May 25, 2008). "Wicked good Bostonisms come, and mostly go". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on...
William Anthony "Billy" Costa (born December 24, 1952) is an American radio and television host in the Boston area. Costa grew up in East Cambridge, Massachusetts...
William Richard Werstine (born April 16, 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, musician and former radio personality...
The Boston Celtics (/ˈsɛltɪks/ SEL-tiks) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball...
Lee". Frankie and Johnny (song) Brown, Cecil (2004). Stagolee Shot Billy. Boston: Harvard University Press. pp. 23, 34–36, 37, 42–43, 45–45 102. ISBN 978-0674028906...
their nations' rugby league halls of fame are Great Britain's Billy Batten, BillyBoston and Clive Sullivan, Australia's Brian Bevan, John Ferguson, Ken...
Central Park on 12 January 1952. In 1953 Wigan signed BillyBoston for £150. 8,000 fans saw BillyBoston début for Wigan in the 'A' team. He later became one...
against Flimby & Fothergill in 1925. The try scoring record is held by BillyBoston, who touched down 478 times for the club. Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards...
The Best of Billy Squier (1995) Reach for the Sky: The Anthology (1996) (PolyGram) Classic Masters (2002) Absolute Hits (2005) Essential Billy Squier (2011)...
Marc (December 8, 2022). "Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks to Play Gillette Stadium in 2023. Here's How to Get Tickets". NBC Boston. Archived from the original...
November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged...
Britain, under Alan Prescott, and boasting world-class backs such as BillyBoston, Mick Sullivan, Jeff Stevenson and Lewis Jones, and a formidable pack...
granted the East Stand, which they renamed 'The Boston Stand' in tribute to the Welsh wing BillyBoston, As Wigan Athletic had spent many years in the...
centres in the modern game and formed a devastating partnership with BillyBoston somewhat because of this combination he went on to represent the Great...
action. Within months, he became the most talked-about winger since BillyBoston for his lightning speed and try-scoring; at Widnes he forged a reputation...
her father, the late Joseph M. Tierney, was a prominent Boston politician who served on the Boston City Council for 15 years. Tierney attended Mount Alvernia...
career ended. "Billy Rohr Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2014. "Boston Red Sox 3...
to be honoured with a new statue in Cardiff Bay, the other two being BillyBoston and Gus Risman. The statue was unveiled in July 2023. In April 2021,...
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a 1973 American revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring James Coburn...
the opponent. Colt Cabana calls it the Billy Goat's Curse, referencing his Chicago-area heritage. This Boston crab variation sees the wrestler lock the...
Billy Lee Tipton (December 29, 1914 – January 21, 1989) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and talent broker. Tipton lived and identified as a...
campaign by a Universalist clergyman is Frederick W. Betts, Billy Sunday: The Man and the Method (Boston: Murray Press, 1916.) Betts was clearly disgusted by...
"How Billy Graham shaped American Catholicism". America. Retrieved April 2, 2018. A few years later, in 1964, Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston (who...
Global Information