Martin Regan
| Date of birth | 24 September 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | St Helens, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 October 2014 (aged 85) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off / Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Regan (24 September 1929 – 29 October 2014) was an English rugby footballer.
Born in St Helens, Lancashire, Regan was the son of a rugby league player, who competed beside the renowned Albert Rosenfeld in matches for the Army. He attended West Park Catholic Grammar School.[1]
Regan, a Liverpool fly-half, was capped 12 times for England in rugby union between 1953 and 1956. This included all four matches of England's triple crown-winning 1954 Five Nations campaign.[2]
From 1956 to 1961, Regan played rugby league for the Warrington Wolves.[3]
Regan was a games master at St Anselm's College in Birkenhead for many years.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jewell, Derek (30 October 1953). "Martin Regan". Liverpool Daily Post.
- ^ "England Retain Cup And Gain Triple Crown". Liverpool Daily Post. 22 March 1954.
- ^ "An Unfit Martin Regan Makes Good Start". Liverpool Echo. 30 August 1956.
- ^ "Martin Regan". ci-edwardians.co.uk.
External links
[edit]- Martin Regan at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2014 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- English rugby league players
- Footballers who switched code
- Warrington Wolves players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union players from St Helens, Merseyside
- Liverpool St Helens F.C. players
- Lancashire County RFU players