Name Charlie Bott | ||
Charles "Charlie" H. Bott is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Oldham and Salford, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
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Club career
Born in Doncaster, Bott started his career as a rugby union player with Old Thornesians before switching to rugby league, joining Oldham in 1962. In May 1967, he was signed by Salford.
In 1969, he played in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium against Castleford, which Salford lost 6–11. He played his final game for Salford against Halifax on 25 April 1971, in which he scored the only goal of his career with a conversion in front of the posts.
International honours
Bott won a cap for Great Britain while at Oldham in 1966 against France.