Bob Mordell
England international union and rugby league footballer
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Bob Mordell (born 2 July 1953) is an English former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer, and also a manager. He played rugby league as a professional for Oldham, Kent Invicta and Fulham RLFC. He played as a second-row. He was the manager at Kent Invicta.[4] He represented England in rugby union on one occasion.[5] At club level his played his rugby union for Wasps FC, including their tour to Kenya in 1973, and Rosslyn Park, and represented Middlesex at county level.[6] He played as a flanker.
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| Full name | Robert John Mordell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1953 Twickenham, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 0 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
He played his early rugby for the Thamesians club.[7]
Mordell played rugby union for Rosslyn Park during the 1970s, and was in the Middlesex team that won the County Championship in 1976.[8]
He played international rugby union for England, with his sole appearance coming against Wales in the opening match of the 1978 Five Nations.[5] Mordell went on the 1979 tour of Japan with England but did not feature in the test matches.[9]
Rugby league
Mordell signed professional terms with Oldham in 1979.[9] Whilst at Oldham he had his jaw broken by fellow rugby union convert Paul Woods.[10]
Mordell signed for Kent Invicta before their début season in 1983 for £13,500.[4] The well-respected attacking forward was named as captain of the fledgling Kent outfit.[11]