Ken Gwilliam RIP
2nd January 2025
The Heritage Trust were saddened to learn of the death of former Roughyed, Ken Gwilliam (Heritage Number 838), who passed away on January 2nd aged 77. St Helens born, Ken began his rugby league career with Blackbrook before signing for Salford in 1967 and was the youngest member of the team that lost to Castleford in the 1970 Challenge Cup Final when he played at full-back.
He signed for his hometown club in 1974 and made 151 appearances for St Helens before making the move to Watersheddings in 1979. He made his Oldham debut on November 11th in a narrow 6 – 5 victory over Barrow. All of Ken’s matches for Oldham were in the scrum-half position. He made a total of 33 appearances for the Roughyeds scoring six tries and a drop goal.
The sincere condolences of everyone connected with Oldham RLFC goes out to all of Ken’s family and friends.