Gordon Cridlan
England international rugby union player
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Arthur Gordon Cridlan (9 July 1909 – 17 January 1993) was an English international rugby union player.
Full nameArthur Gordon Cridlan
Born9 July 1909
Ealing, England
Died17 January 1993 (aged 83)
Exeter, England
SchoolUppingham School
| Full name | Arthur Gordon Cridlan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 July 1909 Ealing, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 1993 (aged 83) Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Uppingham School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Hotel manager | ||||||||||||||||
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Cridlan was born in Ealing and attended Uppingham School, where he captained the rugby team in 1926–27.[1]
A three-time Oxford blue, Cridlan spent the remainder of his rugby career with Blackheath and in 1935 played wing-forward for England in three Home Nations matches, debuting against Wales at Twickenham.[2]
Cridlan was director of the Regent Hotel in Leamington Spa.[3]