All time favourite, not the best but Tony Duke.

Yes you're right Freddie. I think its the current state of affairs that makes me feel that things aren't as good as they were. I've actually seen us win the Challenge Cup.

A mention for Tony Duke one club man who raked the ball out all night and had a word with a few of the widnes team to keep them distracted He got us underway for our challenge cup victory and for me MOM
He was the first to be hoisted on the shoulders of charlie stone at the end of the game ,thats what the old guard thought of Tony that night

yep t duke was a real old fashioned hooker, i remember alan mcglone as well,

Very underrated player but was 8 years with us and a crap team, only his last years was picked in a good team .

Does the DVD show the incident where Harris was flattened and concussed in the first half? It happened almost in line with me and he got up and fell down 2-3 times before the trainer was allowed on and he was taken to the touchline for a while. I always believed it was" Rocky" Turner who hit him but have never seen anything to confirm this.

I'd be really interested in getting a copy of the DVD of that.

I knew Tommy quite well but I'm not old enough to see him play. He told me he didn't receive his Lance Todd on the day because he was taken straight to hospital because they thought he had a fractured skull; they gave it to him in 1985 against Wigan. He was given a club blazer when received his award which he subsequently let me have. He also gave me his Great Britain scarf, tour picture and load of other stuff of which I have some up on my wall.



In the games I've seen Swain, Jackson and Mike Dixon stand out. I think I have copy of the Sky game at the Boulevard where we beat Saints with Des Hasler and Jimmy Grant playing. I seem to remember a brief set to with Mike Dixon facing up to one of the Saints pack and it was a bit like Lauaki / Burrow....

Richard Swain is the best hooker I have seen play for Hull FC followed very closely by Lee Jackson.

Does anyone remember Mick Jenkins? I can recall him having some good games for Hull.

Ah Tommy Harris undoubtably the best hooker there has been in my life-time so good even the queen appreciated him. Attending her first ever cup final she is reported to have said to RL Council member Bill Cunningham, “It is amazing that such a small man can be at the bottom of a pile of bodies in the scrum and then be so active a short time later”. I also think he was the first man ever (up until then) to get the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side.

First man to receive the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side was Frank Whitcombe (Bradford prop) in 1948 against Wigan - Tommy was the 2nd in 1960. The LT trophy commenced being awarded in 1946.

PS.Having found a clip of the 1960 final it was Neil Fox that hit Tommy's head in a tackle not Derek Turner as I mentioned in an earlier post.