Peter Wright (rugby union, born 1931)
| Full name | Thomas Peter Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 February 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roxby, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 April 2002 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Devizes, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Peter Wright (28 February 1931 - 22 April 2002) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Roxby, Lincolnshire, Wright was educated at The Judd School and played his early rugby for Tonbridge.[2]
Wright, a prop, joined Blackheath in 1954 and went on to captain the club in the early 1960s.[3] He was capped 13 times by England from 1960 to 1962 and toured South Africa with the 1962 British Lions.[4]
A brewery worker by profession, Wright died of a heart attack in 2002 at the age of 71.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Children, J. C. (27 March 1964). "Our only England cap". Sevenoaks Chronicle.
- ^ "Peter Wright: I May Retire". Nottingham Evening News. 26 March 1960.
- ^ "Peter Wright Is Captain Of Blackheath". Tunbridge Wells Courier. 25 August 1961.
- ^ "Meet The Lions". Liverpool Echo. 7 April 1962.
- ^ "About Rugby". The Daily Telegraph. 25 April 2002.
External links
[edit]- Peter Wright at ESPNscrum