Gordon Gregory

Gordon Gregory
Full nameGordon George Gregory
Date of birth(1907-12-08)8 December 1907
Place of birthTaunton, England
Date of death4 December 1963(1963-12-04) (aged 55)
Place of deathNewton Abbot, England
Occupation(s)Farmer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Front-row
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931–34 England 13 (4)

Gordon George Gregory (8 December 1907 – 4 December 1963) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Gregory attended Huish's Grammar School in his native Taunton and Reading University.[2]

A front-row forward, Gregory played primarily as a hooker and was capped 13 times for England from 1931 to 1934, winning a Home Nations triple crown his final year. His England career also included a match against the Springboks at Twickenham. He played club rugby for Bath, Blackheath, Bristol and Taunton.[3]

Gregory served as an officer in the Hampshire Regiment during World War II and spent his post-war years farming, near Bridgwater, Somerset, and later Totnes, Devon.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "G. G. Gregory Moving To London". Western Daily Press. 16 February 1934.
  2. ^ a b "Former England and Bristol hooker dies". Bristol Evening Post. 5 December 1963.
  3. ^ "Old England Rugby cap dies". Express & Echo. 5 December 1963.