Graham Meikle | |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1911 |
Birth Place: | Waterloo, England |
Death Place: | Whitehaven, England |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1934 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 12 |
Graham William Churchill Meikle (14 October 1911 – 18 June 1981) was an English international rugby union player.
Meikle was a Leicester and Waterloo wing three-quarter, capped three times for England in the 1934 Home Nations, contributing four tries. He set an England by scoring a try in each of his first three Test matches, which included two on debut against Wales at Cardiff.[1] In 1938, Meikle announced his retirement, due to a knee injury.[2]
Born in Waterloo, Meikle was the younger brother of England international Steve Meikle. His wife Nancy was the sister-in-law of Scotland international Harry Greenlees, while another of his wife's sisters married Stephen.[3]