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Gary Price (rugby league, born 1969)

English rugby league footballer and coach

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ5525784 ↗
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Gary Howard Price (born 28 October 1969) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (two spells) (captain), Featherstone Rovers (two spells), and South Sydney Rabbitohs, as a wing, centre, prop, second-row, or loose forward, and coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity (assistant), and Featherstone Rovers.

Playing career

Wakefield Trinity

Price played second-row, in Wakefield Trinity's 8–11 defeat by Castleford in the 1990–91 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 23 September 1990, and played second-row, and scored a try in the 29–16 victory over Sheffield Eagles in the 1992–93 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1992–93 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 18 October 1992.

Featherstone Rovers

Price was signed by Featherstone Rovers in August 1993. During his time at the club, he was usually referred to as "Gary H. Price" to avoid confusion with another Gary Price who played for the club from 1989 to 1995.

Price played second-row, in Featherstone Rovers' 22–24 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1998 First Division Grand Final at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 September 1998.

International honours

Gary Price won a cap for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity in 1991 as an interchange/substitute against Papua New Guinea.

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The public source identifies “Gary Price (rugby league, born 1969)” as english rugby league footballer and coach. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gary, Price and rugby.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1990, 1992, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-10-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gary, Price and rugby providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5525784. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 1990, 1992 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gary Price (rugby league, born 1969)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.