Rob Burrow

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.

Rob Burrow

Personal information
Full name	Robert Geoffrey Burrow[1][2]
Born	(1982-09-26)26 September 1982 Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Died	2 June 2024(2024-06-02) (aged 41) Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[3]
Weight	10 st 3 lb (65 kg)[4]
Position	Scrum-half, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–17 Leeds Rhinos 493 198 157 5 1111 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2003–13 England 15 12 12 0 72 2005–07 Great Britain 5 4 9 0 34 Yorkshire
Source: [5][6][7][8][9]

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]