Don Fox
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born |
15 October 1935 Sharlston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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| Died | 21 August 2008 (aged 72) Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half, Loose forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1953–65 | Featherstone Rovers | 368 | 162 | 503 | 1492 | |
| 1965–70 | Wakefield Trinity | 117 | 18 | 84 | 222 | |
| Total | 485 | 180 | 587 | 0 | 1714 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1956 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Don Fox (15 October 1935 – 21 August 2008) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s for Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity.
He was born in Sharlston, near Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was the brother of Peter and Neil Fox, and together they formed one of the legendary rugby league families. Don holds the Featherstone Rovers record for tries scored (162) and is third on their all-time goal-kicking charts with 503 in 369 appearances, itself the 7th most in Featherstone Rovers' history, having enjoyed 13 years at Featherstone Rovers before joining Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 710) in 1965 for £3,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £98,750 in 2013). Don Fox earned his début for Featherstone Rovers as a Scrum-half/Halfback in 1953. A gifted player, he broke the Featherstone Rovers' record points scored in a season the next winter and was called up for England's game against France. He was an outstanding kicker, scoring 12 goals in a Challenge Cup victory against Stanningley in 1964. He was understudy to Alex Murphy on the 1962 Lions tour of Australasia and then moved to Loose forward/Lock where he earned his sole Test cap for Great Britain against Australia in 1963. He joined Wakefield in 1965, linking up with his young brother Neil and they enjoyed great success with Trinity. After he retired from playing the game in 1970, he coached Batley before becoming a safety joiner in the South Yorkshire coalfield.
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