Bob Hobbs
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| Full name | Bob Hobbs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1926 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2006 (aged 79–80) Dural, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bob Hobbs (1926–2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Parramatta as a second rower.
Playing career
[edit]Hobbs began his first grade career with Canterbury-Bankstown in 1945 after moving from Cowra in country New South Wales. Hobbs played 4 games with the club but featured more for the reserve grade team. In 1946, Hobbs joined Western Suburbs spending a solitary season with them making 4 appearances.
Hobbs captain-coached Cootamundra in the 1948 Maher Cup and Group 9 competition, the team winning the premiership and NSW Country's Clayton Cup.[2][3][4]
In 1949, Hobbs joined newly admitted side Parramatta and was a regular starter for the club over the following 6 seasons finishing as top point scorer for the side in 1952 and 1953. Hobbs time at Parramatta was not a successful one though with the team finishing last on two occasions and finishing towards the bottom in the other years. [5][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bob Hobbs - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Cootamundra Wins Group Nine Competition". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Cootamundra Wins Clayton Football Cup". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 11 October 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Sport and Recreation". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
- ^ "Men of League catch up with former Eel Don Regan". Parramatta Eels. 29 August 2018.
- ^ "BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB - OFFICIAL WEBSITE". thebulldogs.com.au.
- ^ "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.