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{{Short description|English rugby league footballer (1937–2023)}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
| first               = RU
| name                = Bev Risman<br/><small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}</small>
| fullname            = Augustus Beverley Walter Risman
| image               = 
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1937|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2023|6|22|1937|11|23|df=y}}
| height              = 
| weight              = 
| position            = {{rlp|SO|FB}}
| club1               = [[Leigh Centurions|Leigh]]
| year1start          = 1960
| year1end            = 66
| appearances1        = 140
| tries1              = 31
| goals1              = 241
| fieldgoals1         = 0
| points1             = 575
| club2               = [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]
| year2start          = 1966
| year2end            = 70
| appearances2        = 164
| tries2              = 20
| goals2              = 611
| fieldgoals2         = 
| points2             = 1282
| teamA               = {{nowrap|[[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]]}}
| yearAstart          = 1968
| yearAend            = 
| appearancesA        = 5
| triesA              = 2
| goalsA              = 17
| fieldgoalsA         = 0
| pointsA             = 40
| coachteam1         = {{nowrap|[[London Broncos|Fulham RLFC]]}}
| coachyear1start    = 1987
| coachyear1end      = 88
| coachgames1        = 0
| coachwins1         = 0
| coachdraws1        = 0
| coachlosses1       = 0
| ru_position         = [[Rugby union positions#10. Fly-half|Fly Half]]
| ru_teamA            = [[England national rugby union team|England]]
| ru_yearAstart       = 1959
| ru_yearAend         = 61
| ru_appearancesA     = 8
| ru_triesA           = 0
| ru_goalsA           = 3
| ru_fieldgoalsA      = 0
| ru_pointsA          = 8
| ru_teamB            = {{nowrap|[[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]]}}
| ru_yearBstart       = 1959
| ru_yearBend         = 
| ru_appearancesB     = 4
| ru_triesB           = 2
| ru_goalsB           = 2
| ru_fieldgoalsB      = 0
| ru_pointsB          = 10
| retired             = yes
| updated             = 23 June 2023
| source              = <ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk">{{cite web |url= http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/6358.html |title= Statistics at en.espn.co.uk |publisher= en.espn.co.uk |date= 31 December 2017 |access-date= 1 January 2018 |archive-date= 30 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212427/http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/6358.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web |url= http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bev-risman/summary.html |title= Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org |date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=9139 |title=Bev Risman |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/bev-risman/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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| father       = [[Gus Risman]]
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| relatives    = [[John Risman]] (brother)
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'''Augustus Beverley Walter Risman''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (23 November 1937 – 22 June 2023) was an English [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]] player and rugby league coach. A [[List of dual-code rugby internationals|dual-code international]], he played rugby union for [[England national rugby union team|England]] and the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]], and rugby league for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]].

==Background==

Bev Risman was born in [[County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], England.

Risman was the son of the rugby league player [[Gus Risman]], the older brother of the rugby league player [[John Risman]], and the father of John M. Risman, who was the first open double Blue. He achieved his double Blue at the [[University of Oxford]], in both the rugby union [[The Varsity Match|Varsity Match]], and the 1984 [[Rugby League Varsity Match|rugby league Varsity Match]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Club History - OURLFC |url=https://www.ourlfc.com/info/club-history/ |publisher=Oxford University RLFC |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref>

==Playing career==
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Bev Risman played rugby union at fly-half for [[England national rugby union team|England]] (8 Test appearances) and for the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] (4 Test appearances). His international début was in 1959 for England against [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]. His last international rugby union appearance was in 1961.

Switching codes, he played for [[Leigh Centurions|Leigh]], [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] and [[Lancashire rugby league team|Lancashire]]. He won both the [[Challenge Cup]] and [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] with Leeds and represented [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] in five Test appearances. He captained the Great Britain squad in the [[1968 Rugby League World Cup]] where he earned three of his caps.

==Coaching career==

After retiring he became involved in coach education, the development of the game in the South of England and the organisation of student rugby league. He was inducted to the rugby league Roll of Honour in 2005, and was elected President of the [[Rugby Football League]] in 2010.<ref name="wts">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/bev-risman-elected-president-of-rugby-football-league-1.732860?referrerPath=sport|title=Bev Risman elected president of Rugby Football League|first=Martin|last=Morgan|date=13 July 2010|newspaper=Workington Times and Star}}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was replaced by Jim Hartley in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past RFL Presidents|url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/history_and_heritage/past_rfl_presidents|work=therfl.co.uk|publisher=[[Rugby Football League]]|access-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214122510/http://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/history_and_heritage/past_rfl_presidents|archive-date=14 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==

Risman was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2012 New Year Honours]] for services to rugby league.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60009|date=31 December 2011|page=12 |supp=y}}</ref>

Risman died on 22 June 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bev Risman OBE: Dual-code England & Great Britain rugby international dies, aged 85 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/66002336 |access-date=23 June 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A true rugby all-rounder |work=[[Rugby Leaguer & League Express]] |issue=3386 |date=3 July 2023 |page=33}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117050313/http://leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk/leedsrhinos/pastplayers/squad-page.asp?ID=142 |date=dmy |title=Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520045555/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garyslater/4068531/Rugby_Leagues_Generation_Game/ |date=dmy |title=''Rugby league's generation game'' – article at telegraph.co.uk}}
* [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rugby-cup-final/query/Rugby+League+Final Rugby Cup Final 1968]
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{{Leeds - 1968 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
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{{Great Britain squad – 1968 World Cup}}
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