Dick Manley | |
Full Name: | Donald Charles Manley |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1932 |
Birth Place: | Exeter, England |
Occupation: | Cabinet maker |
School: | Hele's School |
Position: | Flanker |
Repyears1: | 1963 |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Donald Charles Manley (17 February 1932 – 9 June 2021) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Manley was born in Exeter and educated at Hele's School.[2]
A pacy flanker, Manley won a County Championship with Devon in 1956-57 and played all four matches of England's title-winning 1963 Five Nations campaign, making his national debut at the late age of 30.[3]
Manley, a cabinet maker by trade, gave long service to the Exeter Rugby Club as a player and administrator. He made 400 appearances for Exeter, which included a season as captain in 1962–63, then was club president from 1994 to 2014.[4]