Charlie Bott

Charles "Charlie" H. Bott (born second ¼ 1941) is an English former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Old Thornensians RUFC (Thorne, Doncaster), and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Oldham (Heritage No.) and Salford, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[2]

Charlie Bott
Personal information
Full nameCharles H. Bott
Bornsecond ¼ 1941[1]
Doncaster, England
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–67 Oldham 166 15 0 0 45
1967–71 Salford 160 12 1 0 38
Total 326 27 1 0 83
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]

Background

Charlie Bott was born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Club career

Bott started his rugby career as a rugby union footballer with Old Thornensians RUFC (Thorne, Doncaster) before moving to rugby league, joining Oldham in 1962.[3] In May 1967, he transferred to Salford.

In 1969, he played in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium against Castleford, which Salford lost 6–11. He played his final game for Salford against Halifax on 25 April 1971, in which he scored the only goal of his career with a conversion in front of the posts.[3]

International honours

Bott won a cap for Great Britain while at Oldham in 1966 against France.[2]

References
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Platt, Darrell (1991). A History of Salford Rugby League Club. Salford Rugby League Club. p. 202.
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