Joe Egan (rugby league)

Joe Egan

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Egan[1]
Born	(1919-03-26)26 March 1919[1] Wigan, England
Died	11 November 2012(2012-11-11) (aged 93)[1] Wigan, England
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1938–50 Wigan 362 24 11 0 94 1943 → Oldham (guest) 1 0 0 0 0 1950–55 Leigh 104 Total 467 24 11 0 94 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1943–50 England 21 1 0 0 3 1946–50 Great Britain 14 0 0 0 0 1945–50 Lancashire 10
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1950–56 Leigh 1956–61 Wigan ≤1964–≥64 Widnes 1968–70 Warrington Blackpool Borough Total 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3][4][5][6]

Joseph Egan (26 March 1919 – 11 November 2012) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (vice-captain 1950 Great Britain Lions tour) and England and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan from 1938 to 1950,^[7] Oldham (Heritage No. 418) (World War II guest)^[8] and Leigh (Heritage No. 603),^[9][10][11] as a hooker, or second-row, i.e. number 9, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums,^[2] and coached at club level for Leigh, Wigan, Widnes, Warrington and Blackpool Borough.^[5] Egan is a Wigan Hall of Fame inductee, and was a life member at Wigan,^[12] Egan later became coach of Wigan, taking them to Championship success in the 1959–60 season.