PETER Ramsden of Huddersfield is the youngest player to win the Lance Todd Trophy award, receiving it on his 19th birthday after scoring two tries in the 15-10 defeat of St Helens in 1953.

Frank Whitcombe is the oldest winner, the Bradford Northern prop being 29 days short of his 35th birthday in 1948 when he became the first player of a losing side to receive the award after losing 8-3 to Wigan.