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Rugby League: Don Fox remembered

independent.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        
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By Dave Hadfield It's a sad fact that Don Fox will be remembered for one thing only - his missed kick in the 1968 Cup final. He deserves far, far better. Fox, who died this week after a long illness, will always be the 'poor lad' as Eddie Waring put it, who missed and lost the Cup for Wakefield. A sensitive man, those close to him say he never really got over it. Now would be a good time to give him his due for... [read full story]                    

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Fox's fine career overshadowed by miss

independent.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        

Don Fox, part of rugby league folklore for reasons he would rather have been allowed to forget, has died at the age of 73 after a long illness. It was Fox who famously missed the easy conversion in the 1968 'Watersplash' final...

                   
telegraph.co.uk: Rugby League bids farewell to Challenge Cup final legend Don Fox - Outfoxed: the sliced kick by which cost Wakefield Trinity the cup in 1968 telegraph.co.uk

Rugby League bids farewell to Wakefield's Challenge Cup final legend Don Fox

telegraph.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        

Don Fox, who was assured a place in Rugby League folklore for missing a last-minute conversion in Wakefield's 11-10 defeat by Leeds in the 1968 Challenge Cup final, has died after a long illness, aged 72. Outfoxed: the sliced...

Don Fox, a rugby league legend for his Wakefield Cup Final miss, dies aged 73

dailymail.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        

Rugby league legend Don Fox died this morning after a long illness at the age of 73. The former Featherstone, Wakefield and Great Britain scrum-half and loose forward died at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield with his family...

                   
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Rugby League great Don Fox dies

telegraph.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        

Rugby League legend Don Fox has lost his long battle with illness at the age of 73. By Steve Wilson and agencies Missed opportunity: Don Fox slices his infamous kick at goal wide of the posts to hand Leeds the Challenge Cup in...

                   
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GB and Wakefield legend Fox dies

bbc.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        

Rugby league legend Don Fox has died after a long illness at the age of 73. The former Great Britain scrum-half and loose forward passed away at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield with his family by his bedside on Thursday....

LEAGUE LEGEND FOX DIES

sportinglife.com
21-Aug-2008
        

Rugby league legend Don Fox has died after a long illness at the age of 73. The former Featherstone, Wakefield and Great Britain scrum-half and loose forward died at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield on Thursday morning with...

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