Herbert Godwin (21 December 1935 – 7 January 2006) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Herbert Godwin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 December 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abergavenny, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 January 2006 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Teignbridge, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Wales, Godwin moved from Monmouthshire to Coventry during his childhood.[1] He went back to Wales to bunker down during the war and afterwards returned to Coventry, where he attended Broadway Secondary Modern School.[2]
Godwin, a hooker, played over 250 matches for Coventry RFC in the 1950s and 1960s, forming a front-row partnership with England prop Phil Judd. He gained 11 England caps, debuting in the 1959 Five Nations match against France at Twickenham. In 1962, Godwin replaced an injured Stan Hodgson on the British Lions squad touring South Africa.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World of rugby pays tribute to former star". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 14 January 2006.
- ^ "Herbert Godwin". Barbarians.
- ^ "About Rugby: Godwin dies at 70". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2006.
External links
edit- Bert Godwin at ESPNscrum