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Jan 24, 1935 St Helens, England, United Kingdom Died on 20 Mar 2008 (aged 73)
English rugby league footballer and coach
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About Eric Ashton
- Eric Ashton MBE (24 January 1935 – 20 March 2008) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
- He played his whole top flight football career for Wigan along with at times both captaining and coaching them; his position of choice was right-centre.
- Over the span of his career he came to be known as one of the best centres in the modern game and formed a devastating partnership with Billy Boston somewhat because of this combination he went on to represent the Great Britain national side making his début in 1957.
- After his retirement from playing rugby league in 1969, Ashton went on to coach Wigan as well as Leeds, St.
- Helens, England and Great Britain; he also had a brief stint as chairman of St Helens in 1996.
- He was a member of the St Helens board for fifteen years.
