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Joe Egan

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
15-02-1944
N/A
Date unknown.
Unknown.
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
08-12-1962 v Leeds
Warrington
1969-
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1962-1969
26 (8)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
1
0
0
3

Biography of Joe Egan



HERITAGE NO : 802
Joe Egan by Adrian Lawrenson

Born on 15 February 1944 in Wigan and the son of the famous Wigan legend of the same name, young Joe followed in his father’s footsteps as a hooker, making his senior debut in the 13-6 victory over Leeds on 8 December 1962.

With competition for the hooking roles keen to the extreme, Joe’s first team opportunities were rare. He was in competition with Dagnall, Sayer, Burdell and Tony Karalius in his time at the club. He was essentially an A team regular who was a capable deputy when required.

When Cliff Evans took over and wanted a more sophisticated style of play, Joe was selected as a loose forward for the coach’s first match, at Barrow on 15 January 1968, which indicated that the technically astute Evans saw something in Joe as a play-maker. However, Evans turned to Austin Rhodes who he signed from Swinton to use as his play-maker and Joe played his last game in the red vee against Maryport in the Lancashire Cup on 1 September 1969, before Blackpool Borough snapped him up, no doubt to help some of their inexperienced players, for a £500 fee.

The fact that Joe was seven years at Saints in an such a successful era would indicate that Egan, who scored his only try at Wilderspool against Warrington on 4 September 1965, had plenty to offer as a player. The fact that his position was a specialised one and the competition for places was too strong probably went against him.

Sad to report that Joe passed away in May 2020 at the age of 76.

PLAYER HONOURS

SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1962~63 0 0 0 1
1964~65 0 0 0 5
1965~66 1 0 0 7
1967~680 0 0 8
1968~69 0 0 0 2
1969~70 0 0 0 3
TOTALS:1 0 0 26
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1966~670001
1969~701001
TOTALS:1002

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
8th Dec 1962 1
W
 9 Leeds L H 13 6 VIEW
30th Mar 1965 2
W
 9 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 8 2 VIEW
5th Apr 1965 3
W
 9 Barrow L A 21 14 VIEW
9th Apr 1965 4
W
 9 Liverpool City L A 11 0 VIEW
16th Apr 1965 5
W
 9 Wigan L A 16 8 VIEW
21st Apr 1965 6
W
 9 Huddersfield L A 20 6 VIEW
30th Aug 1965 7
W
 9 Whitehaven L H 30 5 VIEW
4th Sep 1965 8
W
 9 Warrington L A 11 2 1 VIEW
10th Sep 1965 9
L
 9 Swinton LC1 H 7 8 VIEW
15th Sep 1965 10
W
 9 New Zealand Tour H 28 7 VIEW
27th Nov 1965 --NPS
D
 15 Wakefield Trinity L H 9 9 VIEW
4th Dec 1965 --NPS
W
 15 Whitehaven L A 4 2 VIEW
8th Jan 1966 11
L
 15 Oldham L A 9 13 VIEW
1st Feb 1966 --NPS
W
 15 Widnes L H 9 4 VIEW
5th Feb 1966 12
W
 13 Blackpool Borough L A 25 11 VIEW
14th Feb 1966 --NPS
W
 15 Leigh L H 17 2 VIEW
25th Apr 1966 13
W
 15 Liverpool City L A 28 3 VIEW
12th Aug 1966 --
L
 14 Swinton* Fr Gallie Cup H 13 27 VIEW
2nd Jan 1967 --NPS
D
 15 Swinton L A 9 9 VIEW
18th Nov 1967 --NPS
W
 15 Leigh L A 7 4 VIEW
22nd Nov 1967 --NPS
L
 15 Wigan FT2 H 11 22 VIEW
2nd Dec 1967 --NPS
W
 15 Warrington LCF(rep) N 13 10 VIEW
16th Dec 1967 14
W
 9 Oldham L H 10 2 VIEW
26th Dec 1967 --NPS
W
 15 Wigan L A 16 10 VIEW
30th Dec 1967 15
D
 15 Batley L H 9 9 VIEW
5th Jan 1968 16
L
 15 Barrow L A 7 17 VIEW
15th Jan 1968 17
W
 15 Barrow L H 6 2 VIEW
20th Jan 1968 18
W
 12 Oldham L A 26 14 VIEW
22nd Jan 1968 19
L
 11 Swinton L H 10 17 VIEW
27th Jan 1968 --NPS
L
 15 Workington Town L A 5 14 VIEW
3rd Feb 1968 --NPS
L
 15 Huddersfield CC1 H 0 5 VIEW
17th Feb 1968 20
W
 15 Batley L A 18 12 VIEW
15th Apr 1968 21
W
 13 Swinton L A 19 16 VIEW
15th Apr 1969 --NPS
W
 15 Oldham L A 17 2 VIEW
19th Apr 1969 22
W
 15 Doncaster L H 57 5 VIEW
26th Apr 1969 --NPS
W
 15 Keighley Ch1 H 25 7 VIEW
3rd May 1969 --NPS
W
 15 Featherstone Rovers Ch2 H 47 4 VIEW
10th May 1969 23
L
 15 Castleford ChSF H 6 18 VIEW
9th Aug 1969 --
W
 9 Swinton* Fr Gallie Cup A 32 4 1 VIEW
16th Aug 1969 24
W
 9 Castleford L H 27 3 VIEW
20th Aug 1969 --NPS
L
 15 Widnes L A 5 17 VIEW
23rd Aug 1969 25
W
 9 Workington Town L H 31 11 VIEW
29th Aug 1969 26
W
 9 Warrington L A 14 7 VIEW
1st Sep 1969 --NPS
W
 14 Maryport LC1 H 58 5 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 31 | LOSSES : 10 | DRAWS : 3

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