Club career Wanbon signed for St. Helens (RL) from Aberavon (RU) nine-days after appearing for Wales (RU) against England (RU), for a signing-on fee of £4500 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £124,400 in 2013). Wanbon played at in
Warrington's 24-9 victory over
Featherstone Rovers in the
1974 Challenge Cup Final during the
1973–74 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 11 May 1974, in front of a crowd of 77,400, and played at in the 7-14 defeat by
Widnes in the
1975 Challenge Cup Final during the
1974–75 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 10 May 1975, in front of a crowd of 85,998. Wanbon did not play (
Dave Wright or
Gilly Wright played at ) in
Warrington's 0-0 draw with
Salford in the
1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the
1974–75 season at
The Willows, Salford on Tuesday 17 December 1974, and played at in the 5-10 defeat by
Salford in the
1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final
replay during the
1974–75 season at
Wilderspool Stadium,
Warrington on Tuesday 28 January 1975. Wanbon played at in
Warrington's 27-16 victory over
Rochdale Hornets in the
1973–74 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the
1973–74 season at
Central Park,
Wigan on Saturday 9 February 1974. Wanbon played at in
Warrington's 4-0 victory over
Featherstone Rovers in the 1973–74
Captain Morgan Trophy Final during the
1973–74 season at
The Willows,
Salford on Saturday 26 January 1974, in front of a crowd of 5,259. Wanbon was inducted into the Warrington Hall of Fame in 2012.
International honours Wanbon won a
cap for
Wales (RU) while at Aberavon in 1968 against England on Saturday 20 January 1968, scoring a try. He was one of four Aberavon RFC players in the Welsh team that day, the others were
Billy Mainwaring,
Maxwell Lloyd Wiltshire and
Paul James Wheeler. He won
caps for
Wales (RL) while at Warrington in the
1975 Rugby League World Cup against England, Australia, and New Zealand.
Death Bobby Wanbon died on 8 November 2022 in
Tenerife, Spain. ==References==