Rob Burrow
English rugby league footballer (1982–2024)
Robert Geoffrey Burrow (26 September 1982 – 2 June 2024) was an English professional rugby league footballer. He spent 16 years playing for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, before retiring in 2017.
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| Full name | Robert Geoffrey Burrow[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1982 Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 2024 (aged 41) Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 10 st 3 lb (65 kg)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Scrum-half, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He also played for England and Great Britain. Burrow was known for many years as "the smallest player in Super League". He won a total of 8 Super League championships, two Challenge Cups, been named to the Super League Dream Team on three occasions and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy twice.
In December 2019, Burrow announced that he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.[10] He died from problems caused by the disease on 2 June 2024 at a hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.[11] He was 41 years old.[12]
References
change- ↑ "Robert Geoffrey Burrow". Companies House. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ "Burrow Signs New Two Year Deal With Rhinos". Leeds Rhinos. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ↑ Davidson, John (9 October 2017). "Leeds Rhinos Hero Rob Burrow Bows Out A Champion". thesportsman.com. The Sportsman Communications Ltd. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ "Leeds Rhinos Players & Coaches 1st Team". web page. Leeds Rhinos. 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Profile at therhinos.co.uk". therhinos.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Rob Burrow: Leeds Rhinos legend diagnosed with motor neurone disease". Sky. 19 December 2019.
- ↑ "Rob Burrow: Leeds Rhinos announce death of rugby league star". BBC Sport. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ↑ Bower, Aaron (2 June 2024). "Rob Burrow, former Leeds scrum-half, dies at 41, years after MND diagnosis". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
Other websites
change- (archived by web.archive.org) Leeds Rhinos profile
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