Gordon Gregory
England international rugby union player
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Gordon George Gregory (8 December 1907 – 4 December 1963) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
| Full name | Gordon George Gregory | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 December 1907 Taunton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 December 1963 (aged 55) Newton Abbot, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
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Gregory attended Huish's Grammar School in his native Taunton and Reading University.[2]
A front-row forward, Gregory played primarily as a hooker and was capped 13 times for England from 1931 to 1934, winning a Home Nations triple crown his final year. His England career also included a match against the Springboks at Twickenham. He played club rugby for Bath, Blackheath, Bristol and Taunton.[3]
Gregory served as an officer in the Hampshire Regiment during World War II and spent his post-war years farming, near Bridgwater, Somerset, and later Totnes, Devon.[2]