# Joe Brittain

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{{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
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|birth_date          = unknown
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|death_date          = unknown
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|height              =
|weight              =
|position            = {{rlp|SO|SH}}
|club1               = [Leeds](/source/Leeds_Rhinos)
|year1start          = 1915
|year1end            = 24
|appearances1        = 180
|tries1              = 69
|goals1              =
|fieldgoals1         =
|points1             = 207
|club2               = [York](/source/York_Wasps)
|year2start          = ≤1926
|year2end            = ≥26
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|teamA               = [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart          = 1919
|yearAend            = 22
|appearancesA        = 7
|triesA              = 2
|goalsA              = 0
|fieldgoalsA         = 0
|pointsA             = 6
|teamB               = [England](/source/England_national_rugby_league_team)
|yearBstart          = 1921
|yearBend            = 22
|appearancesB        = 4
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|goalsB              = 0
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|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>
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'''Joseph Brittain''' (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_league_team), and at club level for [Leeds](/source/Leeds_Rhinos) and [York](/source/York_Wasps), as a {{rlp|so}} or {{rlp|sh}}.

==Playing career==
===Challenge Cup Final appearances===
Joe Brittain played {{rlp|sh}}, and scored a [try](/source/Try_(rugby)) in [Leeds](/source/Leeds_Rhinos)' 28-3 victory over [Hull F.C.](/source/Hull_F.C.) in the [1922–23 Challenge Cup](/source/1922%E2%80%9323_Challenge_Cup) Final during the [1922-23 season](/source/1922%E2%80%9323_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season) at [Belle Vue](/source/Belle_Vue_(Wakefield)), [Wakefield](/source/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](/source/Leeds_Rhinos)' 11-3 victory over [Dewsbury](/source/Dewsbury_Rams) in the [1921–22 Yorkshire Cup](/source/1921%E2%80%9322_Yorkshire_Cup) Final during the [1921–22 season](/source/1921%E2%80%9322_Northern_Rugby_Football_Union_season) at [Thrum Hall](/source/Thrum_Hall), [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_West_Yorkshire) on Saturday 26 November 1921.<ref name="History of Leeds Rugby League Club"/>

===Club career===
Brittain made his début for [Leeds](/source/Leeds_Rhinos) against [Batley](/source/Batley_Bulldogs) at [Headingley](/source/Headingley_Rugby_Stadium), [Leeds](/source/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](/source/Leeds_Rhinos) backline in the early 1920s was known as the Busy Bs, as it included; [Jim Bacon](/source/Jim_Bacon_(rugby)), [Arthur Binks](/source/Arthur_Binks), [Billy Bowen](/source/Billy_Bowen), Joe Brittain, and [Harold Buck](/source/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 [cap](/source/Cap_(sport))s for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_league_team) while at Leeds in 1921 against Wales, [Other Nationalities](/source/Other_Nationalities_rugby_league_team), and Australia, in 1922 against Wales.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Leeds - 1922–23 Challenge Cup Final winners}}

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Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:England national rugby league team players
Category:English rugby league players
Category:Leeds Rhinos players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Place of death missing
Category:Rugby league five-eighths
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Rugby league players from Yorkshire
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Year of death missing
Category:York Wasps players

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