Trevor Clifford Wintle (born 10 January 1940) is an English former international rugby union player.
| Full name | Trevor Clifford Wintle | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 January 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Forest of Dean, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Lydney Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Forest of Dean, Wintle attended Lydney Grammar School and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, winning rugby blues in 1960 and 1961. He then came down to London and played with Rosslyn Park and St. Mary's Hospital.[1] After qualifying as a doctor, Wintle joined a hospital in Northampton and played for Northampton RFC.[2]
Wintle was capped five times as a scrum-half for England. He made his debut against Scotland in the 1966 Five Nations and partnered John Finlan at half-back for all four of England's 1969 Five Nations matches.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Trevor Wintle runs into rugby snags". Evening Standard. 3 November 1962.
- ^ "Trevor Wintle Switches To East Midlands". Leicester Mercury. 19 September 1966.
- ^ "Wintle, Weston Picked By England". Bristol Evening Post. 7 March 1966.
External links
edit- Trevor Wintle at ESPNscrum
- Trevor Wintle at England Rugby