The club cant trace any descendants. I wonder if the club are using the pandemic to induct deceased players who's relatives are not available? There are a few more from that era Frank Bucket Young and Dinny Campbell etc

Absolutely. His record is magnificent for the club. A true Hall of Famer.

what were the names on the 99 shirt a bit of a hall of fame of its time

Superb inductee - played in an era when the forwards were really tough - IIRC didn't they form a scrum at every tackle? His records stands up against former Leeds player - to play a big part in an ashes test series win down under is some achievement.

This concept is a wonderful thing it just needs to induct players that truly deserve to be there on their achievements on the field.

Good on yer Freddie, can’t be many around who saw the likes of Clues, Bath and Ryan.

Sad to see Les Dyl not looking too well these days. Great player, fully deserving of his place in the HoF.

Clues was well before my time too but I did know Trevor Foster very well who played against Clues many times. Trevor rated Arthur as one of the best second rowers in the world in the 40s. He was a real character too.

I do not agree with that first sentence whatsoever.

And Murray did rate him, and vice versa, Barrie was coming back from a serious leg break when Murray took over and struggling to find form hence was not first choice, but in 99 under Murray barrie was first choice and was sensational and arguably had his best year.

Les Dyl

Only saw him at the back end of his days early 80’s and was already a bit past it, but some player in the 70’s by all accounts.

McDermott was a good player but I think it's fair to say he's fortunate to be in the Hall of Fame at this stage given who isn't in there yet - Jim Brough, Mick Shoebottom, Alan Smith, Dicky Williams etc.

They did say from the start the inductees are not selected in any order of preference Whatever that is supposed to mean ? And I do like your point

McDermott was a decent forward but Hall of Fame? Leeds have had a few forwards that were better than him.

Well if they meet the criteria they may well get an induction too

Well inducting four players a year means we're going to end up with 100+ relatively quickly and by that stage we'll see compilers like Francis Cummins etc in there. On this strange "no order of preference" basis you could stick Franny in tomorrow and it would make sense as they could say he will end up in there anyway.