Vince Fawcett RIP
February 6th 2026
It is with regret that the Heritage Trust learned that the death has been announced of the former Oldham player Vince Fawcett at the age of 55. He signed for his home town, Leeds on his 17th birthday making his senior debut soon after. Before joining the Roughyeds Vince, a powerfully built centre who played three times for the Great Britain under 21 team, had a successful couple of seasons at Workington and a spell at Parramatta Eels in Australia.
He made nine appearances for the Oldham in the second Super League season of 1997 scoring three tries, all of which came in a hat-trick against St Helens but previously he had made his debut and scored a try in the friendly against Swinton in what was the last first team match at Watersheddings. After Oldham he had brief spells at Warrington and Wakefield before retiring in 1999.
The condolences of the Oldham RL community go out to all of Vince’s family and friends.