[1][3] Sandy Orford's birth was registered in Pontypool district, Wales, and he died aged c. 74–75.
[3][1] Sandy Orford played at second-row in Wakefield Trinity's 9-12 defeat by Featherstone Rovers in the 1940 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1939–40 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 June 1940.
Bradford Northern was disqualified, and Dewsbury went on to a 33-16 aggregate victory over Halifax in the Championship Final.
Bradford Northern's appeal was upheld and the Rugby Football League Council fined Dewsbury £100 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £11,780 in 2013),[5] stripped them of the Championship title, and declared the Championship during the 1942–43 season void.
[6] Sandy Orford became a professional wrestler during the 1940s, fighting 6-time world champion Lou Thesz on three occasions, with one draw and two losses, and defeating Shirley Crabtree (later known as "Big Daddy") on Crabtree's début by two falls to one at St James' Hall, Newcastle on Saturday 14 June 1952, he appeared as a masked wrestler, first as the Black Angel and latterly as The Mask, he also trained Shirley Crabtree, and Colin Williamson.