Bob Eccles

Bob Eccles

Personal information
Full name	William Robert Eccles
Born	(1957-07-10) 10 July 1957 St. Helens, England
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 30+1 4 0 3 19 1988–89 Chorley Borough 10 1 0 0 4 1989–90 Trafford Borough 12+8 1 0 0 4 1995–96 Chorley Chieftains 0+2 0 0 0 0 Total 354 125 30 11 496 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1980–85 Lancashire 3 2 0 0 7 1982 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1990–91 Chorley Borough 1992–93 Blackpool Gladiators 1995–96 Chorley Chieftains ≤1999–≥99 Rochdale Hornets Total 0 0 0 0
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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 (Heritage № 791), Springfield Borough and Barrow, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, and coached at club level for Chorley Borough and Rochdale Hornets.

Background

Bob Eccles' was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Bob Eccles won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1982 against Australia. 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 County 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 County 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 County Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens, on Sunday 13 October 1985,

John Player Trophy Final appearances

Bob Eccles played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, (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

Bob 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, 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.

External links

• !Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
• Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk