Background
Tom Brophy was born on 8 July 1942 in Liverpool.
rugby league player rugby union player
Tom Brophy was born on 8 July 1942 in Liverpool.
He studied chemistry at Loughborough College, where he played for Loughborough Colleges, the forerunner of the Loughborough Students Rugby Union Football Club.
In 1966 he swapped codes to become a rugby league player for Barrow. He became a chemistry teacher in Rossall before his move into rugby league. Brophy made his international debut on 8 February 1964 at Twickenham in the England vs Ireland match.
Of the 8 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on just one occasion.
He played his final match for England on 26 February 1966 at Colombes in the France vs England match. Brophy"s union career finished in 1966 when, on 3 October, he signed for Barrow.
He had been due to appear in the first England RU trial at the end of the week. Within a year of joining Barrow, Brophy was in the team that made it to the 1967 Challenge Cup final.
This had been the first appearance in a decade.
They lost before a crowd of 76,290 to Featherstone Rovers 17-12 despite going into the game as favourites. In 1972 he signed for Rochdale Hornets in an exchange deal that took Joe Chamberlain to the north Lancashire club Tom Brophy played centre, id est (that is) number 3, in Rochdale Hornets" 16-27 defeat by Warrington in the 1973-1974 Player"s Number.6 Trophy final during the 1973-1974 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 February 1974.
Tom Brophy played stand-off/five-eighth in Salford"s 0-0 draw with Warrington in the 1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1974-1975 season at The Willows, Salford on Tuesday 17 December 1974, and did not play (Ken Gill played stand-off/five-eighth) in the 10-5 victory over Warrington in the 1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final replay during the 1974-1975 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Tuesday 28 January 1975.