Frank Foster (rugby league)
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| Full name | Frank Foster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1939 or 1940 Maryport, Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | (aged 79)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Foster (25 April 1940 – 20 December 2019) born in MaryportCumberland, and at club level for Workington Town, Hull Kingston Rovers, Bradford Northern, Barrow and Oldham (Heritage № 750), as a loose forward and coached at club level for Barrow and Whitehaven.[3]
Playing career
International honours
Frank Foster won a cap for Great Britain while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1967, against Australia.[2]
County honours
Frank Foster represented
Cumberland on 8 occasions.[4]
County Cup Final appearances
Frank Foster played right-
1967 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley on Saturday 14 October 1967.[4]
Coaching career
1973 saw Barrow appoint their former player, Foster as coach. He built a side which won the Second Division championship in 1975/76, and reached a
Phil Hogan was transferred to Hull Kingston Rovers in 1978 for a then world record fee of £33,000. Barrow fluctuated between divisions and Foster was eventually replaced by Tommy Dawes in April 1983.[6] The same year Foster was appointed coach at Whitehaven where he remained in charge until the summer of 1985.[7]
References
- ^ Kemp, Dan (21 December 2019). "Sadness as Hull KR announce death of legendary former player". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Statistics: Frank Foster". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Coach Statistics: Frank Foster". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Frank Foster - true leader". Rugby League Journal. No. 70. Spring 2020. p. 35.
- ^ Rugby Leaguer & League Express 30 December 2019
- ISBN 0-356-09729-3.
- ISBN 0-356-10944-5.
External links
- Frank Foster at eraofthebiff.com
- History of Barrow Rugby
- Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk Archived 7 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- Photograph 'Glen Beaumont Signing' at rlhp.co.uk
- (archived by web.archive.org) Back on the Wembley trail
- (archived by web.archive.org) Hull Kingston Rovers ~ Captains