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Neil Fox was born in 1956 and played as centre three-quarter for Wakefield Trinity. He has scored more points than any other play in the game. - 6,220 from 358 tries and 2,574 goals in 828 matches for his six clubs and his country. When he was a player-coach in Wellington, New Zealand, he scored a further 102 points. During the last nine years of his career, he played as a forward. No player before him has played 20 test matches in those colours.

Fox was one of three brothers from Yorkshire who all made their mark on the game, however it was the only one to have a professional career by signing for Wakefield Trinity in October 1955, when he was sixteen.

In 1957-8, he was automatically chosen for centre and by the end of the season had kicked a remarkable 124 goals, which was a new club record. His 344 points was high above anything a Wakefield player had run before.

Later, he left Wakefield for Bradford but returned again, less than a year later for his last game with Trinity in March 1974 when he scored seven points against Hull KR.

During the remainder of his career, he coached and played for Hull KR, York, Bramley, Huddersfield and Bradford again, as well as in Wellington.

He retired on the 19th August 1979, after he had kicked a few more goals for Northern in a Yorkshire Cup win at Huddersfield.

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