Rob Valentine (rugby)

For other people with the same name, see Robert Valentine.
For the Lord Mayor of the City of Hobart local government area, in the State of Tasmania, Australia, see Rob Valentine.

Rob Valentine
Personal information
Full nameRobert Angus Valentine
Born(1941-02-22)22 February 1941
Hawick, Scotland
Died11 June 2024(2024-06-11) (aged 83)
Melrose, Scotland
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1958/59–58/59 Hawick Wanderers RFC
1958/59–≤63 Hawick Linden RFC
≤1963–63 Hawick RFC
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1963–63 South of Scotland 8
Rugby league
PositionProp, Second-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1963–70 Huddersfield
1970–73/74 Wakefield Trinity 129 10 1 0 32
1973–75 Keighley
Total 129 10 1 0 32
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967 Great Britain ≥1
1965–≥75 Other Nationalities ≥2
Source: [1]

Robert Angus Valentine (22 February 1941 – 11 June 2024) was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s.

Valentine played representative level rugby union (RU) for South of Scotland, and at club level for Hawick Wanderers RFC, Hawick Linden RFC and Hawick RFC as a flanker, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity and Keighley (captain), as a prop, second-row or loose forward, and coached at club level rugby league (RL) for Britannia Works in 1975 in Huddersfield's Pennine League, and formed the Huddersfield colts team in 1976.[2]

  1. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Rugby league's Borders greats are honoured". bordertelegraph.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.