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Birth Name: | Nicholas James Drake-Lee |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1942 |
Birth Place: | Kettering, England |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1963 - 65 |
Repteam1: | England |
Years1: | 1962 - 68 |
Clubs1: | Leicester Tigers |
Points1: | 21 |
Apps1: | 73 |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Children: | Bill Drake-Lee |
Nicholas James Drake-Lee (7 April 1942 – 22 January 2021[1] [2]) was a rugby union prop who played 73 games for Leicester Tigers between 1962 and 1968; he represented England 8 times between 1963 and 1965. He was a Cambridge University blue between 1961 and 1963.
Drake-Lee made his Leicester debut against Bath on 6 January 1962 and played 10 times that season.[3]
He was a member of the Cambridge University rugby team in their undefeated 1961 season winning 14 games including the Varsity Match.[4] Before Cambridge, he was a Rugby Vice-Captain at Stonyhurst College.
Drake-Lee made his international debut for England on 19 January 1963 against Wales at Cardiff.[5] He played in all four games as England won the 1963 Five Nations Championship.