Towering rugby league coach Peter Fox, dies

Rugby League coach Peter FoxRugby League coach Peter Fox
Rugby League coach Peter Fox
Legendary former rugby league coach Peter Fox has died, aged 85

Fox, brother of fellow greats Don and Neil Fox, was a towering figure of the sport in West Yorkshire, coaching Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinity, Bramley, Bradford Northern and Leeds in the 1970s and 80s.

He was in charge of Rovers when they crushed Bradford at Wembley to win the Challenge Cup in 1973 and steered Northern to the First Division championship twice, in 1979-80 and 80-81.

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