Burrow was just 37 and had three children under the age of eight when he announced on December 19, 2019 that he had been diagnosed with MND.
Rob Burrow alongside wife Lindsey, daughters Macy and Maya and Kevin Sinfield in his last public appearance last month
Burrow was just 37 and had three children under the age of eight when he announced on December 19, 2019 that he had been diagnosed with the incurable illness. It is with deep sadness that the club can confirm that former player Rob Burrow CBE has passed away, aged 41.More hereJust two months after his diagnosis, Burrow pulled the boots back on for a joint benefit match with former team-mate Jamie Jones-Buchanan to start the bid to raise awareness of MND and there was hardly a dry eye among the sell-out crowd of almost 20,000 at Headingley when he went on to play the final five minutes against Bradford.
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