John Harrison was a professional rugby league footballer who played for Hull FC. He later became a British Army officer, and was the posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Jack Harrison (VC)
Oppy Wood, 1917. Evening by John Nash
Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league
Hull team of 1914 with the Challenge Cup won that season
MKM Stadium
Hull F.C.Academy facing Leeds Academy at Headingley, May 2009