Person in history
Joe Egan (rugby league)
Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (born 1919)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2012 · November 11
Their story
Who they were
Joseph Egan was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan from 1938 to 1950, Oldham and Leigh, as a hooker, or second-row, and coached at club level for Leigh, Wigan, Widnes, Warrington and Blackpool Borough. Egan is a Wigan Hall of Fame inductee, and was a life member at Wigan, Egan later became coach of Wigan,
Why this date
Joe Egan (rugby league) appears on our November 11 calendar for 2012 as a death entry.
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November 11 2012.
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