Gordon George Gregory (8 December 1907 – 4 December 1963) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Full name | Gordon George Gregory | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 December 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Taunton, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 December 1963 | (aged 55)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Newton Abbot, England | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Gregory attended Huish's Grammar School in his native Taunton and Reading University.[2]
A front-row forward, Gregory played primarily as a hooker and was capped 13 times for England from 1931 to 1934, winning a Home Nations triple crown his final year. His England career also included a match against the Springboks at Twickenham. He played club rugby for Bath, Blackheath, Bristol and Taunton.[3]
Gregory served as an officer in the Hampshire Regiment during World War II and spent his post-war years farming, near Bridgwater, Somerset, and later Totnes, Devon.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "G. G. Gregory Moving To London". Western Daily Press. 16 February 1934.
- ^ a b "Former England and Bristol hooker dies". Bristol Evening Post. 5 December 1963.
- ^ "Old England Rugby cap dies". Express & Echo. 5 December 1963.
External links
edit- Gordon Gregory at ESPNscrum