Geoffrey Unwin | |
Full Name: | Geoffrey Thomas Unwin |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1874 |
Birth Place: | Ecclesall Bay, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
Death Place: | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
Occupation: | Brewery director |
University: | Exeter College, Oxford |
Position: | Fly-half |
Repyears1: | 1898 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Geoffrey Thomas Unwin (1 June 1874 – 12 February 1948) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
A native of Sheffield, Unwin was educated at the University of Oxford, where he played both rugby union and association football. He captained Oxford University RFC playing as a halfback and was a goalkeeper for Exeter College.[2]
Unwin gained his only England cap in 1898, forming a halfback partnership with ex-Cambridge blue Arthur Rotherham, against Scotland at Edinburgh. He also played a match against the touring All Blacks, captaining Cheltenham.[3]
Retiring to The Bury, Hemel Hempstead, Unwin died in 1948, at the age of 73.[3]