Tommy Bishop

Tommy Bishop
Personal information
Full nameThomas Bishop
Born (1940-10-15) 15 October 1940
St Helens, Lancashire, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
PositionScrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1959–64 Blackpool Borough 166 56 4 0 176
1964–66 Barrow 39 8 0 0 24
1966–69 St Helens 135 47 17 0 175
1969–73 Cronulla Sharks 60 21 0 2 66
1974–76 Northern Suburbs
Total 400 132 21 2 441
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966–69 Great Britain 15 1 3 0 9
1966 GB tour games 10 3 0 0 9
1966–68 Lancashire 5 2 0 0 6
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1970–73 Cronulla Sharks 92 46 0 46 50
1974–76 Northern Suburbs 71 39 1 31 55
1979 North Sydney 22 2 0 20 9
1980 Cronulla Sharks 22 9 2 11 41
1980–82 Workington Town 58 36 1 21 62
1983–84 Leigh 30 14 0 16 47
1985 Barrow Raiders 11 3 1 7 27
Total 306 149 5 152 49
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RelativesPaul Bishop (son)

Thomas Bishop (born 15 October 1940) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for Blackpool Borough, Barrow and St Helens in the English Championship, and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia. He also represented Great Britain on several occasions during his career, captaining them on two occasions, his position of choice was as a scrum-half.

Now long retired from competitive rugby league, Bishop now resides at Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia.

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