Andrew Hurst
England international rugby union player (1935–2011)
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Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst (1 October 1935 – 15 March 2011) was an English international rugby union player.
Full nameAndrew Charles Brunel Hurst
Born1 October 1935
Cairo, Egypt
Died15 March 2011 (aged 75)
SchoolDragon School
| Full name | Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 October 1935 Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 March 2011 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Dragon School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Solicitor | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Cairo, Egypt, Hurst was the youngest son of hydrologist Harold Edwin Hurst and a descendant of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Raised in Oxfordshire, Hurst was educated at the Dragon School and University of Oxford.[1]
An Oxfordshire Youth Services product, Hurst played his senior rugby with Wasps and was capped once by England, as a winger against Scotland at Murrayfield during the 1962 Five Nations Championship.[2]
Hurst was a solicitor by profession. He met his wife Bernadita Barriga on a rugby union tour to Chile.[3]