| Bob Oakes | |
| Full Name: | Robert Frederick Oakes |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1872 |
| Birth Place: | Hartlepool, England |
| Death Place: | Leeds, England |
| Position: | Forward |
| Repyears1: | 1897–99 |
| Repcaps1: | 8 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Robert Frederick Oakes (20 December 1872 – 22 October 1952) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Oakes was born on Durham street in Hartlepool and played his junior rugby with Hartlepool Trinity.
A forward, Oakes played for the Hartlepool Rovers through the 1890s, which included six seasons as captain. He was a Durham county player and gained eight England caps from 1897 to 1899. After moving to Headingley in 1900, Oakes earned further county honours with Yorkshire.[2] [3]
Oakes was a long-serving Yorkshire Rugby Union secretary and in 1933–34 had a term as RFU president.[4]