Eric Coley Explained

Eric Coley
Birth Date:23 July 1903
Birth Place:Northampton, England
Death Place:Northampton, England
Position:Back-row
Repyears1:1927
Repyears2:1929–32
Repcaps2:2
Reppoints2:3

Eric Coley (23 July 1903 – 3 May 1957) was an English international rugby union player.

A back-row forward, Coley spent his entire career with hometown club Northampton. He was a regular member of Barbarian invitational sides and toured Argentina with the British Lions in 1927, featuring in two of the four internationals against the Pumas. Capped twice for England, Coley debuted in an away win over France in 1929, then returned against Wales for the opening 1932 Home Nations fixture in Swansea, where he scored their solitary try in a losing cause.[1] [2]

Coley was later an England rugby selector and secretary of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: County Championship Struggle . . 13 January 1932.
  2. News: Wales Superior To England . Devon and Exeter Gazette . 18 January 1932.
  3. News: Death Of Former England Player . . 3 May 1957.