Douglas Vaughan | |
Full Name: | Douglas Brian Vaughan |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1925 |
Birth Place: | Wrexham, Wales |
Death Place: | Isle of Man |
Position: | No. 8 / Flanker |
Repyears1: | 1948–50 |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Douglas Brian Vaughan (15 July 1925 – 19 April 1977) was an English international rugby union player.
The son of a village GP, Vaughan played his rugby for Headingley, Combined Services and Yorkshire. He was capped eight times for England primarily as a number eight, debuting against the Wallabies at Twickenham in 1948.[1]
Vaughan was a Instructor Commander in the Royal Navy.[2]
Remaining involved in rugby as an administrator, Vaughan was the British Lions team manager on their 1962 tour of South Africa and served as a selector for England.[3]
Vaughan's nephew Justin played Test cricket for New Zealand.[4]