Peter Thompson (rugby union, born 1929)
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Full namePeter Humphrey Thompson
Born18 January 1929
Scarborough, England
Died6 May 2025 (aged 96)
SchoolLeeds Grammar School
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| Born | 18 January 1929 Scarborough, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 May 2025 (aged 96) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Leeds Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
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Peter Humphrey Thompson (18 January 1929 – 6 May 2025) was an English international rugby union player.
Thompson was born in Scarborough on 18 January 1929. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School.[1]
A winger, Thompson played his rugby for Headingley and Waterloo.[2]
Thompson was capped 17 times playing with England during the late 1950s. He appeared in all four of England's 1957 Five Nations matches, scoring a try against Scotland in the final fixture, to help secure a grand slam.[3]