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John Toothill
England international rugby union & league footballer
John Thomas Toothill (birth registered second ¼ 1866[2] – 29 June 1947[3]) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire,[4] and at club level for Bradford FC,[5] as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row, and club level rugby league (RL) for Bradford FC, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford FC was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue.