Michael "Mike" Seatter (born Jerrey Michael Henry Falvey) (4 September 1945[1] – 5 December 2008) was a rugby union, and professional association football (soccer), and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Llandaff RFC, representative level association football for Jersey, and at club level for Barry Town F.C. and Magpies (Jersey), as a winger, and club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity, as a wing.[2]
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| Full name | Jerrey Michael Henry Falvey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1945 Newark-on-Trent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 December 2008 (aged 63) Poitiers, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editMichael Seatter was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, and he died aged 63 from Leukaemia in Poitiers, France.
Rugby league playing career
editClub career
editMichael Seatter made his début for Wakefield Trinity against Halifax at Belle Vue, Wakefield in 1967, he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1968–69 season,[3] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.
Association football (soccer) playing career
editMuratti Vase
editMichael Seatter played as a winger in Jersey's 4-1 victory over Guernsey in the 1973 Muratti Final at The Track, Guernsey, and in the 1-2 defeat (after extra time) in the 1974 Muratti Final Springfield Stadium, Jersey.
References
edit- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1901347289
- ^ Lindley, John (1973). 100 Years of Rugby, The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a