William McAlone


William "Bill" McAlone is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for Whitehaven. He played in a forward position. McAlone scored 23 tries in 327 games for Whitehaven.

Playing career

County honours

Bill McAlone represented Cumberland 11 times.

Notable tour matches

Bill McAlone played left-, i.e. number 8, in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.

Honoured at Whitehaven

Bill McAlone is a Whitehaven Hall Of Fame Inductee, in 2006 he became the third player to be inducted.