George Vickery Explained

George Vickery
Birth Date:25 May 1879
Birth Place:Chard, Somerset, England
Death Place:Port Talbot, Wales
Relatives:Walter Vickery (son)
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1905
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

George Vickery (25 May 1879 – 30 June 1970) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Chard, Somerset, Vickery learnt his rugby in Wales, where he played for Aberavon.[1] He was a police officer by profession and in 1905 was capped for England in a match against Ireland in Cork.[2]

Vickery's son Walter played for Wales in the 1930s.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: English Trial Match . . 3 March 1903.
  2. News: Wales capped 62 policemen . Cwmbran and Pontypool News . 4 August 1983.
  3. Web site: Wales' one of a kind . . en . 16 October 2009.