Bob McCarthy

Bob McCarthy
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Robert James McCarthy
Born	(1946-08-05) 5 August 1946 (age 78) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1963–75 South Sydney 206 100 0 1 301 1976–77 Canterbury-Bankstown 40 19 0 0 57 1978 South Sydney 5 0 0 0 0 Total 251 119 0 1 358 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1969–74 New South Wales 11 7 0 0 21 1969–74 Australia 15 7 0 1 22
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1980–83 Souths (Brisbane) 78 53 2 23 68 1988–90 Gold Coast Giants 66 15 3 48 23 1975–94 South Sydney 9 1 0 8 11 Total 153 69 5 79 45 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% Brisbane
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Robert James McCarthy MBE (born 5 August 1946) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He later coached in Brisbane, taking Souths Magpies to a premiership in 1981 and coaching the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants upon their entry to the Winfield Cup. Since 2001 he has been the chairman of both the Australian^[3] and NSW state selection panels.