Tom Danby

Thompson Danby (10 August 1926 – 26 December 2022) was an English dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union for England, and at club level for Harlequin F.C., as a wing, and representative level rugby league for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Salford, as a .

Background Born in Trimdon, County Durham, he signed for Salford in August 1949, and in doing so, he became the first England rugby union international recruited by Salford. He attended Barnard Castle School and went on to St John's College, York between 1943 and 1945.

International honours Danby won a cap for England (RU) in the 2–0 defeat by Wales on 15 January 1949.

Danby died at his home in East Sussex on 26 December 2022, at the age of 96. At the time of his death, Danby was the oldest surviving member of a Great Britain rugby league team.