Arthur Gilbert Bull | |
Birth Name: | Arthur Gilbert Bull |
Birth Date: | 1890 |
Birth Place: | Olney, Buckinghamshire |
Death Date: | 15 March 1963 |
Death Place: | Chandler's Ford, Hampshire |
Ru Position: | Flanker |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 24 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | 20 |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1910 - 1914 |
Ru Clubyears: | 1902-1924 1918 - 1919 |
Ru Clubcaps: | 113 17 |
Ru Clubpoints: | 8 |
Ru Proclubs: | Northampton Saints Leicester Tigers |
School: | Bedford Modern School |
Arthur Gilbert Bull MRCS LRCP (1890–15 March 1963),[1] also known as A.G. Bull, was an England rugby international[2] and Captain of Northampton Saints in 1924.[3] [4]
Arthur Gilbert Bull was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1890.[5] He was baptised on 13 July 1890 at Hardingstone in the County of Northamptonshire, the son of Arthur Bull of Leicestershire and Annie Bull of Inverness-shire.[5] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[6]
Bull's only game for England was against Wales at Twickenham on 17 January 1914.[2] Bull played for Leicester Tigers in the 1918 - 1919 season following the end of the First World War.[7] He later played club rugby for Northampton Saints and was captain of the team in 1924.[4] After ending his career as a rugby player he became the manager of Northampton Saints.
Bull trained as a doctor and was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians.[1] He died in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire on 15 March 1963.[2]