Eddie Woodgate | |
Full Name: | Elliott Edward Woodgate |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1922 |
Birth Place: | Totnes, Devon, England |
Death Date: | January 2000 (aged 78) |
Death Place: | Newport, Wales |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1952 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Elliott Edward Woodgate (2 January 1922 – January 2000) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
One of twins, Woodgate was born in Totnes, Devon.[2]
Woodgate was a Paignton club player and gained an England cap against Wales at Twickenham in the 1952 Five Nations, replacing injured prop Wally Holmes.[3] He captained Devon in representative matches, before moving to Wales.[2]