Dick Manley
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Full nameDonald Charles Manley
Born17 February 1932
Exeter, England
Died9 June 2021 (aged 89)
SchoolHele's School
| Full name | Donald Charles Manley | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 February 1932 Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 June 2021 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Hele's School | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Cabinet maker | ||||||||||||||||
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Donald Charles Manley (17 February 1932 – 9 June 2021) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Manley was born in Exeter and educated at Hele's School.[2]
A pacy flanker, Manley won a County Championship with Devon in 1956-57 and played all four matches of England's title-winning 1963 Five Nations campaign, making his national debut at the late age of 30.[3]
Manley, a cabinet maker by trade, gave long service to the Exeter Rugby Club as a player and administrator. He made 400 appearances for Exeter, which included a season as captain in 1962–63, then was club president from 1994 to 2014.[4]
