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{{Short description|Former GB RL coach & English dual-code rugby footballer}}
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|source              = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jim-challinor/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/jim-challinor/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=8794 |title=Jim Challinor |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''James Pevitt Challinor''' (2 August 1934 – 18 December 1976) was an English [[rugby union]] and professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]ed rugby league in the 1960s and 1970s. A [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] international representative [[Rugby league positions#Threequarters|three-quarter back]], he played club level rugby league (RL) for [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] (with whom he won the [[1954 Challenge Cup]]), and [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]] (who he also captained).<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/> Challinor later coached Great Britain as well as [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]], [[Liverpool Stanley|Liverpool City]] and [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]].<ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/> Challinor is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee,<ref name="Hall of Fame at Wire2Wolves.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.wire2wolves.com/halloffame.php?player_id=14&browse_level=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718071053/http://www.wire2wolves.com/halloffame.php?player_id=14&browse_level=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2011|title=Hall of Fame at Wire2Wolves.com (archived)|publisher=wire2wolves.com|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> only two men have played in, and coached [[Rugby League World Cup]] winning [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] sides, they are; [[Eric Ashton]], and Jim Challinor.<ref name="HALL OF HEROES: Warrington Wolves' Jim Challinor, World Cup winning pläyer and coäch">{{cite web|url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/14973140.HALL_OF_HEROES__Jim_Challinor__World_Cup_winning_player_and_coach|title=HALL OF HEROES: Warrington Wolves' Jim Challinor, World Cup winning pläyer and coäch|publisher=warringtonguardian.co.uk|date=31 December 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Challinor was born in [[Warrington]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=p7Uw%2BLjIgJR7h%2FVZvHvXmg&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref>

===Playing career===
Challinor had been offered a trial at [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], but made his début aged-18 for [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] against [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] in October 1952, he initially played on the {{rlp|wg}}, but later moved into the {{rlp|ce}}s. Challinor played right-{{rlp|ce}} and scored the first [[Try (rugby)|try]] in [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]]'s 8–4 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] in the [[1953–54 Challenge Cup]] Final [[Replay (sports)|replay]] during the [[1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1953–54 season]] at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Wednesday 5 May 1954, in front of a record crowd of 102,575 or more.<ref name="Mud, blood and memories of the day when 102,575 made history at Odsal">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/mud-blood-and-memories-of-the-day-when-102575-made-history-at-odsal-59103.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/mud-blood-and-memories-of-the-day-when-102575-made-history-at-odsal-59103.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mud, blood and memories of the day when 102,575 made history at Odsal|work=The Independent|date=31 December 2016|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> Challinor played in [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]]'s 8–7 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season|1953–54 season]] at [[Maine Road]], Manchester on Saturday 8 May 1954, in front of a crowd of 36,519, played in the 7–3 victory over [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]] the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season|1954–55 season]] at [[Maine Road]], Manchester on Saturday 14 May 1955.

Jim Challinor's marriage to Wendy ([[Given name#Name at birth|née]] Stringer) (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1935 in [[Warrington]] district) was registered during fourth ¼ 1956 in Newton district.<ref name="Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=N2Z%2Fo6SvRSPD8Sm7d%2B9gwQ&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> They would go on to have children; Neil Challinor (birth registered during second ¼ {{birth year and age|1957}} in Newton district), Yvonne Challinor (birth registered during second ¼ {{birth year and age|1960}} in [[Runcorn]] district), and Nadine Challinor (birth registered during third ¼ {{birth year and age|1964}} in [[Barrow-in-Furness]] district). During his period of [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|national service]] he served with the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF), and was based at RAF [[Padgate]] in [[Warrington]]. He also played representative level [[rugby union]] for the Royal Air Force.

Challinor won [[Cap (sport)|cap]]s for Great Britain while at Warrington on the [[1958 Great Britain Lions tour]] against [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]. He also played for the Lions in the [[1960 Rugby League World Cup]] against [[France national rugby league team|France]], helping Great Britain to victory. Challinor played in the 5–4 victory over [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] in the [[1959–60 Lancashire Cup]] Final during the [[1959–60 Northern Rugby Football League season|1959–60 season]] at [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], [[Wigan]] on Saturday 31 October 1959, in front of a crowd of 39,237. Challinor played in the 10–25 defeat by victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season|1960–61 season]] at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Saturday 20 May 1961. He made 282 appearances for Warrington, scoring 135 tries, kicking 2 goals for 409 points.<ref name="Warrington Wolves">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.warringtonwolves.org/JimChallinor.ink 
 |title=Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame – Jim Challinor: 1952–1963 
 |access-date=24 September 2008 
 |publisher=[[Warrington Wolves]] 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205012411/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/JimChallinor.ink 
 |archive-date=5 December 2008 
}}</ref>

In 1963 Challinor moved to [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]]. He played right-{{rlp|ce}} and was captain-coach in [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]]'s 12–17 defeat by [[Featherstone Rovers]] in the [[1966–67 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1966–67 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London on Saturday 13 May 1967.<ref>{{Cite news 
|last = Hughes
|first = Ed
|title = Caught in Time: Great Britain prepare for 1972 rugby league World Cup final
|work = [[The Sunday Times]]
|place = UK
|date = 31 October 2004
|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article500970.ece
|access-date = 18 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Jim Challinor opened Challinor Sports at 146 Padgate Lane, [[Warrington]] in 1967.

===Coaching career===

After retiring from the playing field Challinor took up coaching. He joined [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]], and coached them in the 5–9 defeat by [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1970 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy]] Final at [[Headingley Rugby Stadium|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] on Tuesday 15 December 1970, in front of a crowd of 7,612.

Challinor coached St Helens to the 16–12 victory over [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1970–71 Northern Rugby Football League season|1970–71 season]]'s [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final at [[Station Road, Swinton|Station Road]], [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] on Saturday 22 May 1971. He also coached them to the 8–2 victory over [[Rochdale Hornets]] the [[1971 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy]] Final during the [[1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season|1971–72 season]] at [[Knowsley Road]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]] on Tuesday 14 December 1971, in front of a crowd of 9,255, the 16–13 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1971–72 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1971–72 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London on Saturday 13 May 1972, in front of a crowd of 89,495, the 5–9 defeat by [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season|1971–72 season]] at [[Station Road, Swinton|Station Road]], [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] on Saturday 20 May 1972.

Challinor coached [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] to victory in the [[1972 Rugby League World Cup]] in France. During the [[1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1973 Kangaroo tour]] he coached Great Britain to an 11–7 victory over [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] at [[Knowsley Road]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]] on Tuesday 13 November 1973.<ref name="HALL OF HEROES: Warrington Wolves' Jim Challinor, World Cup winning pläyer and coäch"/>
Challinor was also coach on the [[1974 Great Britain Lions tour]], due to an injury crisis he came out of retirement on the New Zealand leg, he scored a [[Try (rugby)|try]] in the 33–2 victory over [[South Island rugby league team]] at [[Greymouth]] on Tuesday 6 August 1974, however he picked up an injury that resulted in him having a kidney removed.

===Death===
Challinor died from cancer in 1976, aged 42.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Warrington's ultimate World Cup hero |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/10768049.meet-warringtons-ultimate-world-cup-hero/ |website=Warrington Guardian |access-date=31 March 2023 |date=1 November 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656503.stm When Great Britain won the World Cup]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2008/10/tracking_down_the_heroes_of_19.html#039551 Tracking down the heroes of 1972]
*[http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/sport/3816205.Warrington___s_World_Cup_heroes_____Jim_Challinor/ Warrington's World Cup heroes – Jim Challinor]
*[http://www.saints.org.uk/saints.org.uk/home/viewpage.php?page_id=80&num=31 Coaching Profile at saints.org.uk]
*[http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/14973140.HALL_OF_HEROES__Jim_Challinor__World_Cup_winning_player_and_coach HALL OF HEROES: Warrington Wolves' Jim Challinor, World Cup winning pläyer and coäch]

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