| Career Record for Featherstone | ||||||
| Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points | ||
| Total | Start | Sub | ||||
| 93 | 86 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
In the summer of 1967, Rovers announced the signing of Billy Harris, whose brother Graham was first team hooker. Although he was George on his birth certificate, he was always better known throughout his Rovers career as Billy. He had to wait some years for his first team debut, but after some hard graft in the A team, he finally got his chance in September 1972 against Bradford. He played at prop alongside Les Tonks and Keith Bridges following an injury to Vince Farrar. Despite playing 30 games that season, Billy lost out when it came to the Challenge Cup Final. The following season however, he came back stronger, playing 36 games and was rewarded with the number ten jersey at Wembley. Billy was a strong runner and a forceful presence in the pack in the days when scrummaging had a real bearing on the outcome of a game. After playing a total of 93 games (seven as a sub) and scoring 12 tries, his final game was at the end of the 1974/75 season. With the emergence of Mick Gibbins, and the move of Jimmy Thompson to the front row, Rovers didn’t call on the dependable services of Billy Harris again, and he was transferred to York. He later played for Wakefield Trinity, Oldham and Batley.