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Peter Wright (rugby union, born 1931)

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Thomas Peter Wright (28 February 1931 – 22 April 2002) was an English rugby union international.[1]

Full nameThomas Peter Wright
Born(1931-02-28)28 February 1931
Died22 April 2002(2002-04-22) (aged 71)
Position Prop
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Peter Wright
Full nameThomas Peter Wright
Born(1931-02-28)28 February 1931
Died22 April 2002(2002-04-22) (aged 71)
Rugby union career
Position Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1960–62 England 13 (0)
1962 British Lions
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Biography

Born in Roxby, Lincolnshire, Wright was educated at The Judd School and played his early rugby for Tonbridge.[2]

Wright, a prop, joined Blackheath in 1954 and went on to captain the club in the early 1960s.[3] He was capped 13 times by England from 1960 to 1962 and toured South Africa with the 1962 British Lions.[4]

A brewery worker by profession, Wright died of a heart attack in 2002 at the age of 71.[5]

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