Joe Egan (rugby league)

Joe Egan
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Egan^[1]
Born	26 March 1919^[1] Wigan, England
Died	11 November 2012 (age 93)^[1] Wigan, England
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1938–50	Wigan	362	24	11	0	94
1950–55	Leigh	104
	Total	466	24	11	0	94
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1943–50	England	21	1	0	0	3
1946–50	Great Britain	14	0	0	0	0
1945–50	Lancashire	10
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1950–56	Leigh
1956–61	Wigan
	Widnes
1968–70	Warrington
	Blackpool Borough
	Total	0	0	0	0
Source: ^[2]

Joe Egan (26 March 1919 – 11 November 2012) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and coach of the 1950s and 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Wigan from 1938 to 1950,^[3] and Leigh, as a Hooker, or Second-row, i.e. number 9, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums. Egan is a Wigan Hall of Fame inductee, and was a life member at Wigan.^[4]

Playing career

Wigan

Egan played Hooker for a Rugby League XIII against Northern Command XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.^[5] Egan played Hooker, and was captain in Wigan's 8-3 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1948 Challenge Cup final during the 1946–47 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1948,^[6] he was the first captain to receive the trophy from a reigning monarch, King George VI. On the same day former prop forward with Egan on the indomitables tour Frank Whitcombe of Bradford Northern, was the first man to win the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side. Joe Egan, Frank Whitcombe & Ken Gee formed a formidable front row in the first two test which the Australians feared on the tour to Australia in 1946, he later became the oldest surviving member. He also won two Championships with Wigan, during the 1945–46 season, and the 1946–47 season. He accompanied the Great Britain test team as hooker on their tour of Australia in 1946^[7] and 1948.^[8]

County Cup final appearances

Joe Egan played Hooker in Wigan's 10-7 victory over Salford in the 1938 Lancashire Cup final during the 1938–39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938,^[9] played Hooker in the 3-7 defeat by Widnes in the 1945 Lancashire Cup final during the 1945–46 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 27 October 1945, played Hooker in the 9–3 victory over Belle Vue Rangers in the 1946 Lancashire Cup final during the 1946–47 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 26 October 1946,^[10] played Hooker in the 10–7 victory over Belle Vue Rangers in the 1947 Lancashire Cup final during the 1947–48 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 1 November 1947,^[11] played Hooker in the 14-8 victory over Warrington in the 1948 Lancashire Cup final during the 1948–49 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 13 November 1948,^[12] and played Hooker in the 20–7 victory over Leigh in the 1949 Lancashire Cup final during the 1949–5 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 29 October 1949.^[13]

Leigh

^[14]

County Cup final appearances

Joe Egan played Hooker in Leigh's 6-14 defeat by Wigan in the 1951 Lancashire Cup final during the 1951–52 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 27 October 1951.^[15]

Post playing

Egan remained with the Leigh club purely as coach and the team was once again successful in his final season, finishing 11th but winning the Lancashire Cup for a second time with a resounding 26-9 success over Widnes. Egan later became coach of Wigan, taking them to Championship success in the 1959–60 season and Challenge Cup finals in 1958, '59 and '61. Egan later coached the Warrington club. After a disastrous start to the 1970–71 season, coach Joe Egan decided to stand down. He was replaced by Peter Harvey.

County Cup final appearances

Joe Egan was coach in Warrington's 2–2 draw with St. Helens in the 1951 Lancashire Cup final during the 1951–52 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 7 October 1967, and the 10–13 defeat by St. Helens in the 1951 Lancashire Cup final replay during the 1951–52 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 2 December 1967

Egan died on 11 November 2012, aged 93.^[16]

References

1 2 3 Hadfield, Dave (17 November 2012). "Joe Egan: The last surviving member of rugby league's 'Indomitables'". The Independent. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ Morris, Graham (2005). Wigan Rugby League Football Club: 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. pp. 46–7. ISBN 978-0-7524-3470-4.
↑ Joe Egan at wiganwarriors.com
↑ "Club Personnel – Life Members". wiganwarriors.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "inside programme, Northern Command v. A Rugby League XIII, 1942". rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "1947–1948 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ Joe Egan at wigan.rlfans.com
↑ "Englishmen at Orange". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 1946. p. 9. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
↑ "1938–1939 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "1946–1947 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "1947–1948 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "1948–1949 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "1949–1950 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "1951–1952 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ Andy Wilson (11 November 2012). "Joe Egan, the great Wigan hooker, has died at the age of 93 | Sport | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

External links

Achievements
Preceded by Albert Naughton	Rugby league transfer record Wigan to Leigh 1950–1952	Succeeded by Lewis Jones

Great Britain squad - 1946 Australia & New Zealand Tourists "The Indomitables"

Managers: Walter Popplewell, and Wilf Gabbatt

Wigan RLFC squad – 1959–60 Northern Rugby Football League champions (8th title)

1 Fred Griffiths 2 Frank Halliwell 3 Billy Boston 4 Keith Holden 5 Syd Fenton 6 Eric Ashton 7 Dave Bolton 8 John Barton 9 Bill Sayer 10 Frank Collier 11 Brian McTigue (c) 12 Geoff Lyon 13 Roy Evans Coach: Joe Egan

Wigan Warriors coaches

Jim Sullivan (1932–1952; 1961)
Maurice Hughes (1952–1953)
Ted Ward (1953–1956)
Joe Egan (1956–1961)
Johnny Lawrenson (1961)
Griff Jenkins (1961–1963)
Eric Ashton (1963–1973)
Graham Starkey (1973–1974)
Edward "Ted" Toohey (1974–1975)
Joe Coan (1975–1976)
Vince Karalius (1976–1979)
Kel Coslett (1979–1980)
George Fairbairn (1980–1981)
Maurice Bamford (1981–1982)
Alex Murphy (1982–1984)
Colin Clarke/Alan McInnes (1984–1986)
Graham Lowe (1986–1989)
John Monie (1989–1993; 1997–1999)
John Dorahy (1993–1994)
Graeme West (1994–1997)
Eric Hughes (1997)
Andy Goodway (1999)
Frank Endacott (1999–2001)
Stuart Raper (2001–2003)
Mike Gregory (2003–2004)
Denis Betts (2004–2005)
Ian Millward (2005–2006)
Brian Noble (2006–2009)
Michael Maguire (2009–2011)
Shaun Wane (2012–)

Wigan Warriors Hall of Fame

Andy Gregory Billy Boston Brian McTigue Dean Bell Ellery Hanley Eric Ashton Jim Sullivan Joe Egan Ken Gee Shaun Edwards

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