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Robert Geoffrey Burrow CBE (26 September 1982 – 2 June 2024) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half or hooker. Burrow spent his entire professional career with the Leeds Rhinos , making nearly 500 appearances as well as representing Great Britain , England , and Yorkshire .
Coaching was the next focus for Burrow after he started to work in the Leeds academy before the ALS diagnosis followed. He went on to feature in an award-winning BBC documentary, “Rob Burrow — My Year with MND,” which provided a look behind the curtain of his illness and the impact on his wife Lindsey alongside his three children.
LEEDS, England (AP) — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising campaigns after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 2019, has died. He was 41. Leeds Rhinos announced his death on Sunday. Burrow spent his entire career at the English rugby league club and helped them win eight Super League titles.
Ex-rugby league player Burrow died at the age of 41 after a four-and-a-half-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease.
In a world full of adversity we must still dare to dream. Rob Burrow, over and out.” Burrow, who played 493 times for Leeds and was capped 15 times for his country, was diagnosed with the ...
Lindsey Burrow said her late husband ‘was a beacon of hope and inspiration to so many people’.
Prince William is paying tribute to Rob Burrow after the rugby star’s death at age 41 following a battle with motor neurone disease. “A legend of Rugby League, Rob Burrow had a huge heart. He ...
Burrow’s former team, Leeds Rhinos, said he “passed away peacefully” at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, near his home, surrounded by his family, after becoming ill earlier this week.