Bob Eccles

William Robert Eccles
Personal information
Full name William Robert Eccles
Nickname Bob
Born (1957-07-10) 10 July 1957
St. Helens
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1977–87 Warrington 291 119 30 8 469
1987–88 Springfield Borough 20 10
≤1993–≥93 Barrow 26 20
Total 337 149 30 8 469
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Lancashire 2 1
1982 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
≤1996–≥96 Chorley Borough
≤1999–≥99 Rochdale Hornets
Total 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

William Robert "Bob" Eccles (born 10 July 1957[1]) birth registered in St. Helens, is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, and coach of the 1990s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington, Springfield Borough, and Barrow, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, and coaching at club level for Chorley Borough, and Rochdale Hornets.

Playing career

International honours

Bob Eccles won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1982 against Australia.[2] he had previously played twice for Great Britain Under-24s.

County Cup final appearances

Bob Eccles played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, (replaced by Interchange/Substitute Ian Potter) in Warrington's 26-10 victory over Wigan in the 1980 Lancashire Cup final during the 1980–81 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens, on Saturday 4 October 1980, played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, and scored a try in the 16-0 victory over St. Helens in the 1982 Lancashire Cup final during the 1982–83 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 October 1982, and played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, in the 8-34 defeat by Wigan in the 1985 Lancashire Cup final during the 1985–86 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens, on Sunday 13 October 1985,[3]

John Player Trophy final appearances

Bob Eccles played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Loose forward/Lock Edwin Hunter) in Warrington's 12-5 victory over Barrow in the 1980–81 John Player Trophy final during the 1980–81 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 24 January 1981.

Club records

Bob Eccles is second in Warrington's "Most Tries In a Season" list with 37-tries scored in the 1982–83 season only bettered by Brian Bevan, 10 years later he topped the try scoring at Barrow RLFC with 20 Tries, he also equalled Warrington's "Most Tries In a Match" for a Forward record with 5-tries scored in the 36-15 victory over Blackpool Borough on Sunday 12 December 1982.[4] On the 16th of March 2014 Bob was inducted into the Warrington Hall of Fame

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "1985–1986 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tries". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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