Bob Banks

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• Dave Smith
  14 Mar 2010 11:57am

  Bob Banks is my best mate John's father, he now lives in Newcastle with John. John put extensions onto his house to care for the old fellow. I get great pleasure out of the stories he tells me about his career. He is now confined to using a motorised buggy to get around. He loves watching the TV - any sport - and has the occasional flutter on the horses. His record for playing Rugby League is not bettered by many: 15 Tests, 2 World Cup games, 33 games for Queensland (most of them as captain). He is in the top 100 players for Queensland over the last 100 years and is in the top team for Newcastle as 5/8th over the last hundred years. He is a person that has had no regret with what he has done in his life and is a top person, never complains about his situation. He says the best players he has seen and played with are Clive Churchill, Wally Lewis and Andrew Johns.

• len price
  15 Dec 2018 7:36pm

  bobby was a great player who could adapt to any gven situation during he game. qld had some lean times then because of nsw clubs offerng better contracts [pokies ] during bobbys career. bob rose above it all.. in passng i played in bulolo with a dave smith from woollongong. just wondering is ths you.-------len price.

• Chris Marjoribanks
  24 Jun 2022 9:10pm

  Hi Len,
  
  Dave Smith is from Newcastle also, and much younger than Bobby (22years younger). I am Bobby's grandson from Newcastle, but have been living in Wollongong since 2017 and still in Wollongong now. My pop told me he played a few games in Wollongong when he was younger, I think in his early Years. Did you play with Bobby? please get in touch.
  
  Cheers, Chris Marjoribanks

• Ian Palmer
  21 Aug 2023 4:31pm

  Met Bobby Banks in the John Hunter Hospital Newcastle October 2016. A real gentleman. Talked about is Rugby days playing for Australia in England. . He was well respected in Yorkshire and Lancashire.Class player.

• Bill Silvester
  3 Dec 2024 10:43pm

  My father Bob Silvester played with Bob Banks for Tumut in 1935. Just doing some research for 75yo teacher from Tumut and came across this!!! I went to a reunion about 1973 in Tumut and met half the 1935 team. Great fellas with great stories! I played squash with dad and Bob Navin from West Wyalong who played against them a couple of times in 35. Andy Roche, father of Tony Roche, the tennis legend, was also there.

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