Bob Prosser

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Robert Prosser
Personal information
Full nameRobert Prosser
Born (1943-11-14) 14 November 1943 (age 80)
Tylorstown, Wales
Playing information
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight11 st 7 lb (73 kg)
Rugby union
Position Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
≤1961–61 Coventry R.F.C.
1961–≤15 Sep 65 Newport RFC 1481957
Total148190057
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Crawshays RFC
Rugby league
Position Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Sep 1965–Feb 67 St. Helens 452006
Jan 1968–Mar 74 Salford 106+22210063
Total173230069
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1968–70 Wales 40000
1965 GB Under 24 10000
Source: [1] [2]

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]

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Playing career

International honours

Bob Prosser won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1968–1970 while at Salford. [1]

Championship final appearances

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

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.

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References

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  2. John Player RL Yearbook 1973-74 by Jack Winstanley page 110 published by the Queen Anne Press Ltd
  3. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN   978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. History of Rugby League Volume 71 1965-66 by Irvin Saxton page 16