# Bob Mable

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{{short description|Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
| name                = Bob Mable
| fullname            = Robert Emanuel Mable
| image               = 
| image_size          = 
| caption             = 
| birth_date          = 4 January 1885
| birth_place         = London, England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=y|1960|9|8|1885|1|4}}
| death_place         = 
| height              = 
| weight              = 
| position            = {{Rlp|LK|HK|PR}}
| club1               = [Eastern Suburbs](/source/Sydney_Roosters)
| year1start          = 1908
| year1end            = 13
| appearances1        = 27
| tries1              = 2
| goals1              = 0
| fieldgoals1         = 0
| points1             = 6
| teamA               = [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team)
| yearAstart          = 1907
| yearAend            = 08
| appearancesA        = 4
| triesA              = 0
| goalsA              = 0
| fieldgoalsA         = 0
| pointsA             = 0
| updated             = 14 February 2019
| source              =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bob-mable/summary.html|title=Bob Mable – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
}}

'''Robert Emanuel Mable''' (1885–1960) was a pioneer [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the [New South Wales Rugby League](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League) (NSWRL) competition.

==Career==
Mable played for the [Eastern Suburbs](/source/Sydney_Roosters) club in the years 1908 to 1910. A [forward](/source/Rugby_league_positions), Mable played for [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team) in the very first rugby match run by the newly created '[New South Wales Rugby Football League](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_Football_League)' which had just split away from the established [New South Wales Rugby Football Union](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_Football_Union).

Mable was a member of the rebel sides that played against the New Zealand '[All Golds](/source/1907-1908_New_Zealand_rugby_tour_of_Great_Britain)' in 1907, and was later awarded life membership in the [New South Wales Rugby League](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League) for the role that he played in the series that was instrumental in the birth of rugby league in Australia. He played in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club's [first match](/source/1908_Eastern_Suburbs_season) and the NSWRL's [first premiership decider](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_Football_League_season_1908).

Mable was awarded Life Membership of the [New South Wales Rugby League](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League) in 1914 for his early participation in the game's inception in Australia. He is also recognized as the 8th player to play for [Eastern Suburbs](/source/Sydney_Roosters) Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|title=Men's Honour Roll|website=Sydney Roosters|access-date=14 February 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090103/https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He died on 8 September 1960.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*E. E. Christensen's yearbooks

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mable, Bob}}
Category:1885 births
Category:1960 deaths
Category:English rugby league players
Category:English rugby union players
Category:New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Place of death missing
Category:Rugby league players from London
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Sydney Roosters players

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