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Joe Egan is an English former rugby league footballer and coach. He has made the most appearances of any player for the England national team with 21. In the 1948 Challenge Cup final Wigan defeated Bradford Northern 8-3 and Egan was the first captain to receive the trophy from a reigning monarch, King George VI. He also won two Championships with Wigan, in 1946 and 1947. He accompanied the English test team as hooker on their tour of Australia in 1948^[1].

Also playing for Leigh, he later became coach of Wigan, taking them to championship success in the 1959-60 season and Challenge Cup finals in 1958, '59 and '61.

[edit] References

^ "Englishmen at Orange". Sydney Morning Herald, The: pp. 9. 1946-06-12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P9MQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5949,5373766. Retrieved 2009-07-06.

[edit] External links

Joe Egan at wiganwarriors.com
Joe Egan Wigan Career Page on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

v • d • e Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club

History • Records • Stadium • Current squad • List of players • Honours

Seasons	2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010

Stadiums	Folly Field (1872–1877; 1879–1886) • Prescott Street (1877–1879; 1886–1901) • Springfield Park (1901–1902) • Central Park (1902–1999) • DW Stadium (1999–present)

Head 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–present)

Captains	Andy Farrell (1998–2005) • Sean O'Loughlin (2006–present)

v • d • e 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

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