Arnie Morgan


Arnold "Arnie" Morgan is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain national [rugby league team|Great Britain], England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers and York, as an occasional goal-kicking or.

Background

Arnie Morgan was born in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked a refuse collector.

Playing career

Club career

Morgan made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 17 February 1962.
Morgan played at, and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 [Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1966–67 season] at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290.
Morgan played at in Featherstone Rovers' 12-25 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the Yorkshire Cup">Yorkshire rugby league team">Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1966–67 Northern [Rugby Football League season|1966–67 season] at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966, and played at in the 9-12 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1969–70 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1969–70 Northern [Rugby Football League season|1969–70 season] at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 20 September 1969.
Morgan's benefit season/testimonial match at Featherstone Rovers took place during the 1971–72 Northern Rugby [Football League season|1971–72 season].

Representative honours

Morgan, won a cap for England while at Featherstone Rovers in 1968 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers in 1968 against France, and in the 1968 [Rugby League World Cup] against France, and New Zealand.
Morgan won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1967–68 season as an interchange/substitute against Australia, during the 1968–69 season against Cumberland and Lancashire, and during the 1969–70 season as an interchange/substitute against Lancashire.

Honoured at Featherstone Rovers

Arnie Morgan is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.
He died on 14 December 2025, aged 83