Tom Voyce (rugby union, born 1897)
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Birth nameAnthony Thomas Voyce
Date of birth18 May 1897
Place of birthGloucester, England
Date of death22 January 1980 (aged 82)
| Birth name | Anthony Thomas Voyce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 May 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 January 1980 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | National School, Gloucester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Thomas Michael Dunstan Voyce, great nephew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Thomas Voyce OBE (18 May 1897 – 22 January 1980) was an English rugby union player who played in the flanker position. Voyce played club rugby with Gloucester RFC, was capped 29 times for England, and was a member of the British Isles team that toured in 1924.
Voyce was born in Gloucester on 18 May 1897, to Thomas and Annie Voyce. Voyce was a student at the National School, Gloucester where he took up the game of rugby. Appearances for Gloucester schoolboys resulted in interest from the England national team, with Voyce playing in a trial game in February 1911, leading to an appearance for the England Under-15 team against Wales in March 1911.[1]