Peter Fox (30 March 1933 – 25 February 2019) was an English

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and

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ed in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was the brother of Don and Neil Fox, and together they formed one of the legendary rugby league families.

Career

He had a 13-year playing career with; Sharlston Rovers,

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,Bailey, Ron (1956). ''The Official History Of Featherstone Rovers R.L.F.C.''. Wakefield Express. ASIN: B00O1TLDPC

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Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

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and

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, he became one of British rugby league's most successful coaches. Peter Fox was the

' 33-14 victory over

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in the

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Final during the 1972–73 season at

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on Saturday 12 May 1973, in front of a crowd of 72,395, and was the

in the 9-24 defeat by

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in the 1974 Challenge Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at

on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400. 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

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 Northern for a second spell in 1991, and in the 1993-94 season Bradford Northern 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. Fox appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether;

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s, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

Honoured at Featherstone Rovers

Peter Fox is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.

References

External links

Peter Fox's biography at worldofsport.com
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