Geoffrey Unwin

Geoffrey Unwin

Geoffrey (left) with wife Dora in 1930
Full name	Geoffrey Thomas Unwin
Date of birth	(1874-06-01)1 June 1874
Place of birth	Ecclesall Bay, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Date of death	12 February 1948(1948-02-12) (aged 73)
Place of death	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
University	Exeter College, Oxford
Occupation(s)	Brewery director
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1898 England 1 (0)

Geoffrey Thomas Unwin (1 June 1874 – 12 February 1948) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Biography

A native of Sheffield, Unwin was educated at the University of Oxford, where he played both rugby union and association football. He captained Oxford University RFC playing as a halfback and was a goalkeeper for Exeter College.[2]

Unwin gained his only England cap in 1898, forming a halfback partnership with ex-Cambridge blue Arthur Rotherham, against Scotland at Edinburgh. He also played a match against the touring All Blacks, captaining Cheltenham.[3]

Retiring to The Bury, Hemel Hempstead, Unwin died in 1948, at the age of 73.[3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

1. "Rugby Memories". Gloucestershire Echo. 22 August 1945.
2. "Football". The Daily Telegraph. 14 November 1896.
3. "Death of Dr. G. T. Unwin". The Gloucestershire Echo. 13 February 1948.

External links

• Geoffrey Unwin at ESPNscrum