# Gordon Haynes
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{{short description|GB international rugby league footballer}}
{{for|the curler|Gordon Haynes (curler)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Gordon Haynes
|fullname = Gordon Haynes
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|birth_date = 21 December 1928
|birth_place = [Warrington](/source/Warrington), England
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|7|4|1928|12|21}}[{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/13378590.Gordon_Haynes/|title = Gordon Haynes}}]
|death_place = [Warrington](/source/Warrington), England
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|position = {{rlp|LF}}
|club1 = [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions)
|year1start = 1953
|year1end = 59
|appearances1 = 128
|tries1 = 19
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 57
|club2 = [Oldham](/source/Oldham_R.L.F.C.)
|year2start = 1959
|year2end = 60
|appearances2 = 11
|tries2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 0
|teamA = [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart = 1956
|yearAend =
|appearancesA = 1
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
|retired = yes
|source = [{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gordon-haynes/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}][{{Rugby league records |id=8946 |title=Gordon Haynes |access-date=13 August 2025}}]
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'''Gordon Haynes''' (21 December 1928 – 4 July 2015) was an English professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team), and at club level for [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions) and [Oldham](/source/Oldham_R.L.F.C.) as a {{rlp|lf}}.
==Background==
Haynes was born in [Warrington](/source/Warrington), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England. He played amateur rugby league for [Latchford Albion](/source/Latchford_Albion_ARLFC) before signing for [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/13653394.gordon-haynes/|title = Gordon Haynes |date=8 September 2015 |work=Warrington Guardian}}]
==International honours==
Haynes represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team) while at Swinton in April 1956 against France (non-[Test](/source/Test_match_(rugby_league)) match) at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. Great Britain won 18-10 in front of a crowd of 10,453.[Edgar, Harry (2007). ''Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110]''. Rugby League Journal Publishing. {{ISBN|0-9548355-3-0}}][History of Rugby League Volume 61 1955-56 page 17 edited by Irvin Saxton]
Along with [William "Billy" Banks](/source/William_Banks_(rugby)), [Edward "Ted" Cahill](/source/Edward_Cahill_(rugby_league)), [Keith Holliday](/source/Keith_Holliday), [William "Billy" Ivison](/source/Billy_Ivison), [Robert "Bob" Kelly](/source/Robert_Kelly_(rugby_league)), [John McKeown](/source/John_McKeown_(rugby_league)), [George Parsons](/source/George_Parsons_(rugby)) and [Edward "Ted" Slevin](/source/Ted_Slevin), Gordon Haynes' only [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team) appearance came against [France](/source/France_national_rugby_league_team) prior to 1957, these matches were not considered as [Test matches](/source/Test_match_(rugby_league)) by the [Rugby Football League](/source/Rugby_Football_League), and consequently [caps](/source/Cap_(sport)) were not awarded.