Neil Fox (rugby league)

Neil Fox
Personal information
Born (1939-05-04) 4 May 1939 (age 85)
Sharlston, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight13 st 7 lb (86 kg)
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1956–69 Wakefield Trinity 441 238 1442 0 3598
1969–70 Bradford Northern 26+1 4 11 0 34
1970–74 Wakefield Trinity 121+12 34 394 0 890
1974–75 Hull Kingston Rovers 59 16 210 2 470
1976 York 12+1 2 42 0 90
1976–77 Bramley 23 6 73 0 164
1977–78 Huddersfield 21 5 72 1 160
1978–79 Bradford Northern 31+12 8 73 1 171
Total 760 313 2317 4 5577
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958–68 Yorkshire 17 9 60 0 147
1962 England 1 1 3 0 9
1962 GB tour games 14+2 17 73 0 197
1959–69 Great Britain 29 14 93 0 228
1960 GB World Cup trial 1 0 2 0 4
1962 GB in South Africa 3 4 19 0 50
1962 Eastern Selected XIII 1 0 4 0 8
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1970–74 Wakefield Trinity
1977–78 Huddersfield
Total 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3][4]
RelativesDon Fox (brother)
Peter Fox (brother)

Neil Fox MBE (born 4 May 1939) is an English former professional rugby league footballer and player-coach who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s.

A left-footed goal-kicking centre, he set rugby league's all-time points record, scoring 6,220 points during his career.[5] The brother of fellow rugby league players, Peter and Don Fox, Neil played for Yorkshire clubs Wakefield Trinity (two spells), Bradford Northern (two spells), Hull Kingston Rovers, York, Bramley and Huddersfield.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ RL Record Keepers' Club
  5. ^ "Rugby League Hall of Fame - Neil Fox". RLHallofFame.org.uk. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008.