 number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax (Heritage № 16) (two spells), and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 80), as a , or .Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Halifax was a rugby union club.Fred Firth was born in Cleckheaton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 65–66 in Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.