Salford Red Devils lifelong fan and timekeeper David Clegg spoke about his memories of Chris Hesketh on this week’s RL podcast with the BBC’s Dave Woods.
Hesketh, who was a Salford icon making over 450 appearances for the club, sadly passed away last week and the club marked his passing with a minute’s silence prior to Friday’s game against Castleford.
The centre captained the 1974 Touring side as well as playing in Salford’s last visit to Wembley in 1969 were the Red Devils lost to Castleford.
Despite losing the Challenge Cup final Hesketh helped the Red Devils win two Championship titles, a Lancashire Cup and a Floodlit Trophy.
His final match for Salford was on May 13th 1979 at St Helens. Hesketh was awarded with an M.B.E in the 1976 New Years Honours as a tribute to his tremendous service and dedication to Rugby League.
Hesketh defied the odds in his search to become a professional Rugby League player battling polio at the age of seven however by the age of 11 he was playing at Central Park, Wigan in the Schools Cup Final.
Listen to the interview here – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05cctj1
