Quote Originally Posted by sickly_child View Post
Gerry Gow eternal
I think the OP is after town brawlers not RUFC hard men, sickly. I can only comment on the sixties. Back then not appropriate to talk of "Rotherham" as hard nuts tended to stick to their own patches as they were loathe to spend beer money on bus fares. Two I remember well were Canklow Wayne (don't know his surname) a bruiser with the Ritson gang in Canklow and Father Barry Molloy, RC priest at St Mary's on Valley Road who would flag down cars on Saturday nights and beat up the occupants if they were Protestant. Great days.