Bob Hagan (rugby league)
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| Born | (1940年01月08日)8 January 1940 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 February 2025(2025年02月25日) (aged 85) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 25 October 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Michael Hagan (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Hagan (8 January 1940 – 25 February 2025) was an Australian rugby league footballer, and coach. He played for Easts (Brisbane) in Queensland and for Canterbury-Bankstown in New South Wales, representing both states as well as playing for the Australian national side, he also played for Huddersfield in England. He was the older brother of rugby league player and coach, Michael Hagan.
Playing career
[edit ]Hagan represented the Commonwealth XIII rugby league team while at Huddersfield in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965.[2]
He played for Canterbury-Bankstown in their 1967 NSWRL grand final defeat against South Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3]
Post playing
[edit ]Hagan coached Canterbury-Bankstown in 1970-71 and was later a board member under club stalwart Peter Moore. Hagan took over as CEO of Canterbury when Moore retired in 1996 and was in that position when the salary cap scandal of 2002 broke. He resigned from the club immediately and retired to Queensland. His replacement was Steve Mortimer.
Hagan died on 25 February 2025, at the age of 85.[4]
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| Preceded by Kevin Ryan
1967–1970 |
Coach Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1971–1972 |
Succeeded by Malcolm Clift
1973–1977 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Bob Hagan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "...and win at Crystal Palace". rugbyleague.org. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "The beginning of a feud". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2 January 2017.
- ^ Ritchie, Dean (26 February 2025). "Bob Hagan Obit: Former Bulldogs player, coach and CEO dies aged 85". The Daily Telegraph Online. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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