Arthur Wheatley | |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1908 |
Birth Place: | Coventry, England |
Death Place: | Weston, England |
School: | Harold Wheatley (brother) |
Position: | Lock |
Repyears1: | 1937–38 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Arthur Wheatley (6 December 1908 – 4 February 1993) was an English international rugby union player.
Wheatley was born and raised in Coventry, attending South Street School.[1]
A lock, Wheatley made his debut for Coventry in 1929 and first represented Warwickshire during the 1930–31 County Championship.[2] He had to wait until the age of 28 to gain an England trial and broke into the England side for their triple crown-winning 1937 Home Nations campaign, featuring in all three fixtures. The match against Scotland was historic as Wheatley was joined in the team by his brother Harold.[3]