Researching Mike Harrison
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 66477 people with the Harrison surname? In that year Harrison was ranked number 33 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mike means "Form of MICHAEL. who is like God" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Mike Harrison on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mike Harrison and the Harrison Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 84993 people with the Harrison surname in the UK? Harrison is now ranked number 37 for popularity in the UK. |
Harrison Family History Databases
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Mike Harrison (rugby union)
Mike Harrison (born Michael Edward Harrison, 9 April 1956 in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a former first-class rugby union footballer, playing on the wing for Wakefield and England.
He was educated at QEGS Wakefield and played for Yorkshire schools at under 16 and 19 levels and North East Schools against Australian schools.
He also won a schools athletics vest for Yorkshire as a sprinter and triple jumper and competed in the national schools championships.
He was involved in a serious car accident in 1975 and eye injuries prevented him playing rugby for more than two years.
In 1978 he joined Wakefield RFC as a scrum half in the third team before moving to centre and finally right wing for the first team where he played in over 300 games.
He has played 53 times for Yorkshire between 1981 and 1996. He also represented the North of England against Fiji (1982) and Australia (1984).
Harrison made his England debut during the 1985 tour to New Zealand at the relatively advanced age of 29. England lost both tests, but Harrison scored a breakaway try in each to earn himself the nickname "Burglar Bill". Subsequently a local brewery named a drink "Burglar Bill" after him.
By 1987, Harrison had become a regular fixture in the side, playing in 14 of the next 15 England matches, including all four games of the 1987 Five Nations, one of which was as captain. His appointment came about when current skipper and scrum-half Richard Hill was suspended for allegedly inciting a violent clash with Wales. Mike's first game in charge resulted in victory over Scotland and he marked the occasion with a try.
He kept the captaincy for the inaugural World Cup in New Zealand in 1987 where he led by example and enjoyed good try-scoring form. In the opening match against Australia, Harrison scored another breakaway try to give his side a surprise lead. England remained in contention at 6–6 but could not respond to losing full-back Marcus Rose to concussion and a highly controversial try scored by David Campese. England lost 19–6, but came back to crush Japan, Harrison himself grabbing a hat-trick in thirteen minutes as England racked up ten tries. He scored his fifth try of the tournament against the USA, but England lost to Wales in the quarter-finals, thought by some to have been the worst match of the tournament.
Harrison played the first two games of the 1988 Five Nations but was then dropped and never again called upon to represent his country.
Mike Harrison currently works in banking and occasionally works as an expert summariser on the radio. Harrison is married to Marion with three children; Fiona, Anne and Simon.
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