John David Thorne (1 January 1934 – 25 October 2008) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
| Full name | John David Thorne | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 January 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 October 2008 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Born and raised in Bristol, Thorne attended Speedwell School and was a military policeman during his national service, which included an 18-month posting to Austria.[2]
Thorne was a powerful, mobile hooker, produced by the Cleve RFC of Bristol. Most of his career was spent with the Bristol Football Club and he was capped three times for England in their title-winning 1963 Five Nations campaign. He retained his place for that year's tour of Australasia, although he didn't add any further caps. At county level, Thorne represented both Gloucestershire and Western Counties.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "John Thorne probably out for three weeks". Bristol Evening Post. 25 February 1963.
- ^ "John Thorne works out chance of England place". Bristol Evening Post. 12 January 1963.
- ^ "Former England hooker Thorne dies". BBC News. 29 October 2008.
External links
edit- John Thorne at ESPNscrum