| Bob Hobbs | |
| Fullname: | Bob Hobbs |
| Birth Date: | 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death Place: | Dural, New South Wales, Australia |
| Year1start: | 1945 |
| Appearances1: | 4 |
| Tries1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 20 |
| Club2: | Western Suburbs |
| Year2start: | 1946 |
| Appearances2: | 4 |
| Tries2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 0 |
| Club3: | Parramatta |
| Year3start: | 1949 |
| Year3end: | 54 |
| Appearances3: | 79 |
| Tries3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 146 |
| Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
| Points3: | 328 |
| Source: | [1] |
Bob Hobbs (1926–2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Parramatta as a second rower.
Hobbs began his first grade career with Canterbury-Bankstown in 1945 after moving from Cowra in country New South Wales. Hobbs played 4 games with the club but featured more for the reserve grade team. In 1946, Hobbs joined Western Suburbs spending a solitary season with them making 4 appearances.
Hobbs captain-coached Cootamundra in the 1948 Maher Cup and Group 9 competition, the team winning the premiership and NSW Country's Clayton Cup.[2] [3] [4]
In 1949, Hobbs joined newly admitted side Parramatta and was a regular starter for the club over the following 6 seasons finishing as top point scorer for the side in 1952 and 1953. Hobbs time at Parramatta was not a successful one though with the team finishing last on two occasions and finishing towards the bottom in the other years. [5] [6] [7] [8]