Archie Rigg

Who is Archie Rigg?

Archie Rigg birth registered in Halifax, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s, 1900s and '10s, and rugby union coach of the 1910s and '20s, playing club level rugby union for Halifax, and playing representative level rugby league for Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, and Bradford Northern, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and coaching rugby union at the newly established Halifax RUFC, after completing his playing career, with fellow Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee Joe Riley, his death was registered in Halifax. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Halifax was a rugby union club.