Dudley Thomas Kemp (18 January 1910 – January 2003) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Dudley Thomas Kemp | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 January 1910 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Isle of Wight | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 2003 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Torridge, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King Edward VI School | ||||||||||||||||
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Kemp was born in the Isle of Wight and educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton.[1]
A back-row forward, Kemp won his solitary England cap via Blackheath, playing a 1935 Home Nations match against Wales at Twickenham.[2] He also competed with Trojans and made a county record 51 representative appearances for Hampshire, winning championship titles in 1933 and 1936, the latter as captain.[1][3]
Kemp served as Rugby Football Union president in 1969 and 1970.[1] He was also a long-serving Hampshire RFU administrator, as team secretary, match secretary, RFU committee representative and president.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Hampshire mourns ex-president Kemp". Daily Echo. 6 January 2003.
- ^ "D. T. Kemp (Blackheath)". Evening Express. 15 January 1935.
- ^ "Hampshire Official Appointed to R.F.U." Portsmouth Evening News. 3 December 1955.
External links
edit- Dudley Kemp at ESPNscrum