Bob Prosser
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| Full name | Robert Prosser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1943 Tylorstown, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 11 st 7 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert "Rob"/"Bob" Prosser (born 14 November 1943) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played invitational level rugby union (RU) for Crawshays RFC, and at club level for Coventry R.F.C. and Newport RFC, as a scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for St. Helens and Salford, as a stand-off, or scrum-half, i.e. number 6, or 7.[1][3][4]
Playing career[edit]
International honours[edit]
Bob Prosser won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1968–1970 while at Salford.[1]
Championship final appearances[edit]
Bob Prosser was an unused interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, in St. Helens' 35-12 victory over Halifax in the Championship Final during the 1965–66 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 30,165.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances[edit]
Bob Prosser played scrum-half in St. Helens' 0-4 defeat by Castleford in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ John Player RL Yearbook 1973-74 by Jack Winstanley page 110 published by the Queen Anne Press Ltd
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ History of Rugby League Volume 71 1965-66 by Irvin Saxton page 16
External links[edit]
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Coventry R.F.C. players
- Crawshays RFC players
- Footballers who switched code
- Newport RFC players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Rugby union players from Tylorstown
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Salford Red Devils players
- St Helens R.F.C. players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Great Britain under-24 national rugby league team players