Martin Hale
England international rugby union player
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Peter Martin Hale (12 August 1943 - 2022) was an English rugby union international.
Full namePeter Martin Hale
Born12 August 1943
Birmingham, England
Died12 November 2022 (aged 79)
Position
Wing
| Full name | Peter Martin Hale | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 August 1943 Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 November 2022 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
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Hale was born in Birmingham and educated at Solihull School.[1]
A winger, Hale scored 48 tries for Moseley in the 1967–68 season and gained his first England cap against the Springboks at Twickenham in 1969.[2] He earned a further two caps in the 1970 Five Nations Championship.[3] During this period, he rebuffed an approach to play rugby league for Swinton.[4] He continued his rugby union career at Bath in 1972.[5]