Andy Maxwell (rugby union, born 1951)
| Full name | Andrew William Maxwell | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 March 1951 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | West Kirby, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 January 2013 (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||
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Andrew William Maxwell (3 March 1951 - 19 January 2013) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Born in West Kirby, Maxwell attended Calday Grange Grammar School and played for Merseyside club New Brighton.[2]
Maxwell, who played as a centre, was capped in seven Test matches for England between 1975 and 1978. He debuted on the 1975 tour of Australia and played all matches in the 1976 Five Nations Championship. A knee injury that he suffered against France in Paris during the 1978 Five Nations proved to be career ending.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Botherway, Nigel (11 October 2023). "Caught in Time: England 23 Australia 6, Twickenham, January 3, 1976". The Times.
- ^ "Caldy put up a good fight". Wirral Globe. 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Dixon Will Miss Wales Match: Cotton Hopeful". The Daily Telegraph. 30 January 1978.
External links
[edit]- Andy Maxwell at ESPNscrum