William Robert "Bob" Eccles (born 10 July 1957) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington, Springfield Borough and Barrow, as a second-row, and coached at club level for Chorley Borough and Rochdale Hornets.[2]
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| Full name | William Robert Eccles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1957 St Helens, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editBob Eccles was born in St Helens, Lancashire, England.
Playing career
editInternational honours
editBob Eccles won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1982 against Australia.[1] He had previously played twice for Great Britain Under-24s.
County Cup Final appearances
editBob Eccles played right-second-row (replaced by 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 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 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,[4]
John Player Trophy Final appearances
editBob Eccles appeared as a substitute (replacing loose forward 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
editBob Eccles made his début for Warrington on Wednesday14 September 1977, he 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 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,[5] he played his last match for Warrington on Sunday 17 May 1987, and on Sunday 16 March 2014 he was inducted into the Warrington Hall of Fame.
References
edit- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Bob Eccles". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "1985–1986 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Tries". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.