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| Full name | Bob Hobbs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1926 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2006 (aged 79–80) Dural, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bob Hobbs (1926–2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Parramatta as a second rower.
Hobbs began his first grade career with Canterbury-Bankstown in 1945 after moving from Cowra in country New South Wales. Hobbs played 4 games with the club but featured more for the reserve grade team. In 1946, Hobbs joined Western Suburbs spending a solitary season with them making 4 appearances.
Hobbs captain-coached Cootamundra in the 1948 Maher Cup and Group 9 competition, the team winning the premiership and NSW Country's Clayton Cup.[2][3][4]
In 1949, Hobbs joined newly admitted side Parramatta and was a regular starter for the club over the following 6 seasons finishing as top point scorer for the side in 1952 and 1953. Hobbs time at Parramatta was not a successful one though with the team finishing last on two occasions and finishing towards the bottom in the other years. [5][6][7][8]
