Albert Agar | |
Full Name: | Albert Eustace Agar |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1923 |
Birth Place: | Hartlepool, England |
Death Place: | Bromley, England |
Occupation: | Bank clerk |
School: | West Hartlepool Grammar |
Position: | Centre |
Repyears1: | 1952–53 |
Repcaps1: | 7 |
Reppoints1: | 6 |
Albert Eustace Agar (12 November 1923 – 4 June 2001) was an English international rugby union player.
Agar was born in Hartlepool and educated at West Hartlepool Grammar School.[1]
A centre, Agar played his rugby for Hartlepool Rovers, Durham City, Lloyds Bank, Harlequins, Middlesex and London Counties, while winning seven England caps. He made his England debut against the Springboks at Twickenham in 1952 and featured twice in their successful 1953 Five Nation campaign.[2]
Agar held several administrative roles after retiring. He became an England selector in 1962, served as chairman of selectors in the 1969–70 and 1970–71 seasons, was president of the Middlesex Rugby Football Union from 1979 to 1982 and then Rugby Football Union president from 1984 to 1985.[3] [4]