David Perry (rugby union)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English David Gordon Perry (26 December 1937 – 8 April 2017)[1] was an Template:Nrut international rugby union player and captain.
Career
Perry was capped 15 times for England between 1963 and 1966, making thirteen appearances at number eight and two at lock. He scored two international tries, and captained England in all four internationals in the 1965 Five Nations Championship.[2]
He played for Cambridge in the 1958 Varsity match and played club rugby for Bedford. He played four matches for Leicester Tigers at the end of the 1959–60 season.[3]
Perry and his wife Dorne have four grown-up daughters.
He died in April 2017 at the age of 79.[4]
References
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External links
- A biography of David Perry can be found at http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/p/8716/David+Gordon.aspx
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- 1937 births
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- People educated at Clifton College
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union locks
- Bedford Blues players
- Leicester Tigers players
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- 20th-century English sportsmen