Bob Hobbs

This article is about the Australian rugby league footballer. For the American art historian and curator, see Robert Hobbs.

Bob Hobbs (1926–2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Parramatta as a second rower.

Bob Hobbs

Personal information
Full name	Robert Longmore Hobbs
Born	25 January 1925 Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand
Died	18 May 2006(2006-05-18) (aged 81) Dural, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1945 Canterbury-Bankstown 4 2 7 0 20 1946 Western Suburbs 4 0 0 0 0 1949–54 Parramatta 79 12 146 0 328 Total 87 14 153 0 348
Source: [1]

Playing career

Hobbs began his first grade career with Canterbury-Bankstown in 1945 after moving from Cowra in country New South Wales. Hobbs played 4 games with the club but featured more for the reserve grade team. In 1946, Hobbs joined Western Suburbs spending a solitary season with them making 4 appearances.

Hobbs captain-coached Cootamundra in the 1948 Maher Cup and Group 9 competition, the team winning the premiership and NSW Country's Clayton Cup.^[2][3][4]

In 1949, Hobbs joined newly admitted side Parramatta and was a regular starter for the club over the following 6 seasons finishing as top point scorer for the side in 1952 and 1953. Hobbs time at Parramatta was not a successful one though with the team finishing last on two occasions and finishing towards the bottom in the other years.^[5][6][7][8]