Joseph Phillips

Joseph Anthony Phillips (30 December 1924 – 16 May 1969) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Junior All Blacks (New Zealand Schoolboys), and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities and Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Bradford Northern and Keighley, as a . He made 232 appearances for the club, scoring 47-tries and 661-goals.

Keighley Phillips joined Keighley in 1957. He spent three seasons at the club, playing 80 games and scoring 20 tries and 225 goals.

International honours Phillips represented Other Nationalities (RL) while at Bradford Northern, and represented Rugby League XIII (RL) while at Bradford Northern.

Post-playing career In 1964, Phillips, along with former team-mate Trevor Foster, helped to lead a campaign which resulted in the reformation of Bradford Northern after the club folded a year earlier due to increasing financial difficulties. He later served as the club's chairman, and was also a director at Keighley.