Abi Ekoku
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Full name | Abagi Bienose Ekoku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 13 April 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abagi 'Abi' Bienose Ekoku (born 13 April 1966) is a former
Sporting career
Athletics
Ekoku represented Great Britain at the
Rugby league
Ekoku spent six years as a professional
Ekoku announced his retirement from playing in 1998 and became chairman of the Rugby League Players' Association. He quit this post in 1999 and had a brief spell as chief executive at the Keighley Cougars before being appointed by the Bradford Bulls in a similar role. Ekoku was chief executive at Bradford Bulls from 2000 to 2003 - a period in which the club won the Super League, Challenge Cup and World Club Championship.
Ekoku returned to the game in 2005 as an anti-doping tutor before being appointed team manager for Great Britain in 2006. He stepped down from this role at the end of 2007.[9]
Personal life
Ekoku's brother Efan is a former professional footballer who represented the Nigeria national football team, and as of 2011 is a football pundit with ESPN.
References
- ^ From Fulham to Wembley, 20 years of rugby league in London,edited by Dave Farrar and Peter Lush, published by London League Publications Ltd, page 264
- ^ rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ a b GBR athletics UK results
- ^ GBR Athletics - AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ 1990 Commonwealth Results at sporting heroes
- ^ "Ekoku ends tenure as GB manager". BBC Sport. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
External links
- Abi Ekoku at World Athletics
- Abi Ekoku at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)