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Biography
Philip "Phil" Kitchin (birth registered second ¼ 1941) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Cumberland, and at club level for Whitehaven as a stand-off, i.e. number 6, and coached at representative level for Cumbria, and at club level for Whitehaven and Workington Town.
Background
Phil Kitchin's birth was registered in Whitehaven district, Cumberland, England.
International honours
Phil Kitchin won a cap for Great Britain while at Whitehaven in 1965 against New Zealand.
County honours
Phil Kitchin won caps for Cumberland while at Whitehaven, making his début aged-19 alongside; Brian Edgar, Dick Huddart, Syd Lowdon, William "Bill" McAlone and Ike Southward, against Yorkshire at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven circa-1960.
Honoured at Whitehaven
Phil Kitchin is a Whitehaven Hall Of Fame Inductee, i.e. one of the "Haven immortals".