John Brett (rugby union) explained

John Brett
Full Name:John Alfred Brett
Birth Date:26 October 1915
Birth Place:Wetherby, Yorkshire, England
Death Place:Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Occupation:Schoolmaster
School:Durham School
University:St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Position:Prop
Repyears1:1936

John Alfred Brett (26 October 1915 – 10 August 1996) was an English international rugby union player.

Brett, the son of a solicitor, was born in Wetherby, Yorkshire and educated at Durham School.[1]

A prop, Brett featured in eight fixtures for the British Lions on the 1936 tour to Argentina, including the one-off match against the Pumas. He captained Oxford University in the 1937 Varsity Match, while a pupil of St Edmund Hall.[2]

Brett served with the Royal Artillery during World War II and was left with a glass eye after being badly injured in Normandy. From 1958 to 1967, Brett was the Headmaster of Durham School.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. John Alfred Brett . Dunelmian . 1995–96 . 93.
  2. Web site: #280 John Brett . British & Irish Lions.
  3. News: Old boy of school to be head . . 17 September 1957.