{{short description|England international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Joe Brittain |fullname = Joseph Brittain |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = unknown |birth_place = |death_date = unknown |death_place = |height = |weight = |position = {{rlp|SO|SH}} |club1 = Leeds |year1start = 1915 |year1end = 24 |appearances1 = 180 |tries1 = 69 |goals1 = |fieldgoals1 = |points1 = 207 |club2 = York |year2start = ≤1926 |year2end = ≥26 |appearances2 = |tries2 = |goals2 = |fieldgoals2 = |points2 = |teamA = Yorkshire |yearAstart = 1919 |yearAend = 22 |appearancesA = 7 |triesA = 2 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 6 |teamB = England |yearBstart = 1921 |yearBend = 22 |appearancesB = 4 |triesB = 1 |goalsB = 0 |fieldgoalsB = 0 |pointsB = 3 |retired = yes |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/j-brittain/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=10246 |title=Joe Brittain |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> }}
'''Joseph Brittain''' (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Leeds and York, as a {{rlp|so}} or {{rlp|sh}}.
==Playing career== ===Challenge Cup Final appearances=== Joe Brittain played {{rlp|sh}}, and scored a try in Leeds' 28-3 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1922–23 Challenge Cup Final during the 1922-23 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield, the only occasion the Challenge Cup final has ever been staged at Belle Vue.<ref name="History of Leeds Rugby League Club">{{cite web|url=http://britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/history-of-leeds-rugby-league-club.html|title=History of Leeds Rugby League Club|publisher=britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013|archive-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182749/http://britishrugbyleague.blogspot.co.uk/2005/12/history-of-leeds-rugby-league-club.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===County Cup Final appearances=== Joe Brittain played {{rlp|so}} in Leeds' 11-3 victory over Dewsbury in the 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1921–22 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 26 November 1921.<ref name="History of Leeds Rugby League Club"/>
===Club career=== Brittain made his début for Leeds against Batley at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 4 September 1915.<ref name="The Headingley Story - 1890-1955 - Volume One - Rugby">Dalby, Ken (1955). ''The Headingley Story - 1890-1955 - Volume One - Rugby''. The Leeds Cricket, Football & Athletic Co. Ltd ASIN: B0018JNGVM</ref>
The Leeds backline in the early 1920s was known as the Busy Bs, as it included; Jim Bacon, Arthur Binks, Billy Bowen, Joe Brittain, and Harold Buck.<ref name="Leeds rugby league legend medals auction">{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/yep125/leeds-rugby-league-legend-medals-auction-1-6117009|title=Leeds rugby league legend medals auction|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref>
===International honours=== Brittain won caps for England while at Leeds in 1921 against Wales, Other Nationalities, and Australia, in 1922 against Wales.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Leeds - 1922–23 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
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