Albert Agar
English rugby union player
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Albert Eustace Agar (12 November 1923 – 4 June 2001) was an English international rugby union player and administrator.
| Full name | Albert Eustace Agar | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 November 1923 Hartlepool, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 June 2001 (aged 77) Bromley, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | West Hartlepool Grammar | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||||||||||||||||
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Agar was born in Hartlepool and educated at West Hartlepool Grammar School. During World War Two, he was an RAF navigator and later moved to London where he became a long-time Lloyds Bank manager.[1]
A centre, Agar played his rugby for Hartlepool Rovers, Durham City, Lloyds Bank, Harlequins, Middlesex and London Counties, while winning seven England caps. He made his England debut against the Springboks at Twickenham in 1952 and featured twice in their successful 1953 Five Nation campaign.[2]
Agar held several administrative roles after retiring, due to knee and shoulder injuries. He became an England selector in 1962, served as chairman of selectors in the 1969–70 and 1970–71 seasons, was president of the Middlesex Rugby Football Union from 1979 to 1982 and then Rugby Football Union president from 1984 to 1985.[3][4]