Gordon Sargent (rugby union)
| Full name | Gordon Alan Frank Sargent | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 October 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 June 2013 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Alan Frank Sargent (18 October 1949 - 25 June 2013) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Sargent grew up in the town of Lydney near Gloucester and attended Lydney Secondary School.[2]
A prop, Sargent spent nine seasons at his hometown club Lydney RFC, before crossing to Gloucester in 1976. He featured in two John Player Cup title wins at Gloucester and was a Gloucestershire county captain.[3] His only England cap was earned off the bench against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1981 Five Nations, after an injury to Phil Blakeway.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Reward rugby clubs for making England stars". The Daily Telegraph. 3 November 2014.
- ^ Bonner, George. "Sargent, Gordon". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
- ^ "Tributes paid to Gordon Sargent". Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review. 25 June 2013.
- ^ "England so enterprising..." Birmingham Evening Mail. 9 March 1981.
External links
[edit]- Gordon Sargent at ESPNscrum