Peter Fox (rugby league, born 1933)

For the rugby league footballer for England, York, Wakefield Trinity and Hull Kingston Rovers, see Peter Fox (rugby league born 1984).
Peter Fox
Personal information
Born 1933 (age 8283)
Sharlston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1953–57 Featherstone Rovers 34 1 15 0 33
1957–63 Batley 148 12 70 0 246
1962–63 Hull Kingston Rovers 28 3 1 0 11
1963–64 Hunslet 2 0 0 0
1964–66 Batley 32 1 33 0 69
1966–67 Wakefield Trinity 1 0 0 0 0
Total 245 17 119 0 359
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
197174 Featherstone Rovers
197476 Wakefield Trinity
197677 Bramley
197785 Bradford Northern
198586 Leeds
198791 Featherstone Rovers
199195 Bradford Northern
Total 0 0 0 0

Peter Fox (born 1933)[1] is an English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1970s, '80s and '90s. He is the brother of Don and Neil Fox, and together they formed one of the legendary rugby league families.

After playing for Sharlston Rovers, he had a 13-year playing career with Featherstone Rovers, Batley, Hull Kingston Rovers, Hunslet, and Wakefield Trinity, he became one of British rugby league's most successful coaches.

He won the Challenge Cup as the coach of Featherstone Rovers beating Bradford Northern 33-14 in 1973

Bramley won promotion to Division One, under Peter Fox in the 1976-77 season.

He coached Great Britain and England, which included beating the Australians in 1978.

He coached Bradford Northern in two spells one in 1977 where he had a very successful spell winning the championship in 1979-80 and 1980-81.

He returned to Bradford for a second spell in 1991, and in 1993-94 Bradford finish as runners-up in the Championship behind Wigan on points difference. He left the club in 1995.

Fox also coached Yorkshire in the Rodstock War of the Roses series, winning all six games played against Lancashire between 1985 and 1991.[2][3]

References

  1. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter (2008). Peter Fox: the players' coach. London League. ISBN 9781903659397. OCLC 230213110.
  2. Fitzpatrick, Paul (18 September 1991). "Fox in pursuit of sixth win". The Guardian (London). p. 17. (subscription required (help)).
  3. Fitzpatrick, Paul (19 September 1991). "Ashton on the trail". The Guardian (London). p. 17. (subscription required (help)).

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