Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:38 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Edited...... I was talking crap.

Don’t be too hard on yourself; I got the gist of what you were saying; but can you imagine having to explain to future generations if Leroy Rivett or Tom briscoe had statues!!!

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Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:59 pm  

steadygetyerboots-on wrote:

Don’t be too hard on yourself; I got the gist of what you were saying; but can you imagine having to explain to future generations if Leroy Rivett or Tom briscoe had statues!!!

I thought it was a Wembley thing but when I read up it wasn't.

Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:29 pm  

Let's face it, Neil Fox is the ALL-TIME record points scorer in the game; an achievement that will almost certainly never be equalled let alone broken. The points were achieved when a try was valued at only three points, not four. He played professional rugby league through four different decades. He created several individual Wembley records and played over seven hundred games. For God's sake what does a chap have to do to get official recognition. As I recall there is a plaque attached to the "Wembley Greats" statue acknowledging Neil's accomplishments sponsored by Sir Rodney Walker (of all people). How ironic. The plaque itself looks nothing but a poor afterthought. Come on RFL let's see the all-time great acknowledged officially at the national stadium.

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Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:36 pm  

Redscat wrote:

Let's face it, Neil Fox is the ALL-TIME record points scorer in the game; an achievement that will almost certainly never be equalled let alone broken. The points were achieved when a try was valued at only three points, not four. He played professional rugby league through four different decades. He created several individual Wembley records and played over seven hundred games. For God's sake what does a chap have to do to get official recognition. As I recall there is a plaque attached to the "Wembley Greats" statue acknowledging Neil's accomplishments sponsored by Sir Rodney Walker (of all people). How ironic. The plaque itself looks nothing but a poor afterthought. Come on RFL let's see the all-time great acknowledged officially at the national stadium.

I agree with your point but he actually only played in 3 decades. He retired in 1979. I always felt he might do half a season more to hit the 80s but clearly he decided to call it quits when it was right for him.
Saying that..... He scored 2 tries for Bradford against the touring Aussie team in 1978 so he clearly had skills right to the end.

Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:38 pm  

Redscat wrote:

Let's face it, Neil Fox is the ALL-TIME record points scorer in the game; an achievement that will almost certainly never be equalled let alone broken. The points were achieved when a try was valued at only three points, not four. He played professional rugby league through four different decades. He created several individual Wembley records and played over seven hundred games. For God's sake what does a chap have to do to get official recognition. As I recall there is a plaque attached to the "Wembley Greats" statue acknowledging Neil's accomplishments sponsored by Sir Rodney Walker (of all people). How ironic. The plaque itself looks nothing but a poor afterthought. Come on RFL let's see the all-time great acknowledged officially at the national stadium.

What Neil needed to do was play for a 'fashionable' club not Wakefield. In any other sport his achievements would have been recognised.

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Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:46 pm  

When he played for Wakefield it was a fashionable club.
No shortage of GB players in the 60s.

Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:51 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I agree with your point but he actually only played in 3 decades. He retired in 1979. I always felt he might do half a season more to hit the 80s but clearly he decided to call it quits when it was right for him.
Saying that..... He scored 2 tries for Bradford against the touring Aussie team in 1978 so he clearly had skills right to the end.

Thought he just squeezed into the eighties PopTart, but I bow to your superior knowledge. I didn't check before posting

Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:01 pm  

If you wernt around in the sixties its impossible to relate to the games and players of that era, fox at 6ft was a big power house centre ,today 6ft plus is common but add a side step ,dummy and a rugby brain to run into gaps and the power to carry blokes over with him and that was the differance , ashton was a differant type a centre who played to his winger usally Boston who had the speed and power to finish ,the only other centre i saw who came close to foxy was reg gasnior who had the probably more speed than neil and the craft but didnt have neils power , talking about hardisty another great player whos support play was second to none yes there were plenty of great players in that era i could talk for hours about alex murphy and our own harold poynton but foxy was certainly summat special

Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:33 pm  

PopTart wrote:

When he played for Wakefield it was a fashionable club.
No shortage of GB players in the 60s.

I was meaning a fashionable club at the time the statue was erected.

Re: NEIL FOX : Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:35 pm  

Neil was a joy to watch.