Anthony Starks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anthony Starks

English rugby union and rugby league footballer

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1873

Place of Birth: Castleford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1952

Profession: rugby union player, rugby league player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Anthony Starks (11 August 1873 – January 1952) was an English dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s.
He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford RUFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers (captain), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.
England's Anthony Starks, and Wales' Jack Rhapps took the field in the inaugural rugby league international of Tuesday 5 April 1904 between England and Other Nationalities.
Starks had made two rugby union Test appearances for England in 1896, and Rhapps had made a single rugby union Test appearance for Wales in 1897, and thus in April 1904 they became the world's first dual-code rugby internationals.