# Bill Hopkin

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{{short description|Wales international rugby union & league player (1914-2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|first               = RU
|name                = William Henry Hopkin
|fullname            = William Henry Hopkin
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|birth_date          = 1 July 1914
|birth_place         = [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales), Wales
|death_date          = {{death date and age|2002|03|03|1914|07|01|df=y}}
|death_place         = Newport, Wales
|weight              = 
|ru_position         = [Wing](/source/Rugby_union_positions)
|position            = {{rlp|WG}}
|ru_club1            = [Chepstow RFC](/source/Chepstow_RFC)
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|ru_club2            = [Gloucester RFC](/source/Gloucester_Rugby)
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|ru_club3            = [Newport RFC](/source/Newport_RFC)
|ru_year3start       = 1935
|ru_year3end         = 38
|ru_appearances3     = 68
|ru_tries3           = 26
|ru_goals3           = 
|ru_fieldgoals3      = 
|ru_points3          = 78
|club1               = [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions)
|year1start          = 1938
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|points1             = 84
|ru_teamA            = [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team)
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|retired             = yes
|source              = <ref>[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/caps.html?team=4 scrum.com]</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=22540 |title=Bill Hopkin |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>
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'''William Henry Hopkin''' (1 July 1914 – 3 March 2002) was a Welsh [rugby union](/source/rugby_union), and professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

Hopkin was born in [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales), he played representative level rugby union (RU) for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team), and at club level for [Chepstow RFC](/source/Chepstow_RFC), [Gloucester RFC](/source/Gloucester_Rugby) and [Newport RFC](/source/Newport_RFC), as a [Wing](/source/Rugby_union_positions), played club level rugby league (RL) for [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions),<ref>Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. {{ISBN|0-9511190-0-1}}</ref> and played [association football](/source/association_football) (soccer) with [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.) reserves. He died in [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales) aged 87.

==International honours==
Bill Hopkin won a [cap](/source/Cap_(sport)) for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team) (RU) while at Newport RFC in 1937 against Scotland.<ref name="Statistics at scrum.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/4470.html|title=Statistics at espnscrum.com|publisher=espnscrum.com|date=31 December 2012|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202165428/http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/4470.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Hopkin Search for "Hopkin" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
<!--*[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/William-Hopkin/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org]-->
*{{ESPNscrum|4470}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214440/http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=31736&includeref=dynamic Statistics at wru.co.uk]
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617030028/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106702 |date=dmy |title=Profile at blackandambers.co.uk}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkin, William}}
Category:1914 births
Category:2002 deaths
Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Footballers who switched code
Category:Gloucester Rugby players
Category:Newport RFC players
Category:Rugby league players from Newport, Wales
Category:Rugby union players from Newport, Wales
Category:Rugby union wings
Category:Swinton Lions players
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Welsh rugby league players
Category:Welsh rugby union players

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