Peter Brook (rugby union) explained

Peter Brook
Full Name:Peter Watts Pitt Brook
Birth Date:21 September 1906
Birth Place:Thornton Heath, England
Death Place:Bristol, England
Occupation:Clergy
School:Whitgift School
University:Emmanuel College
Position:Back-row
Repyears1:1930–36
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:0

Reverend Peter Watts Pitt Brook (21 September 1906 – 6 August 1992) was a Church of England priest and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.[1]

Raised in south London, Brook was educated at Whitgift School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2]

Brook, a back-row forward, gained four rugby blues at Cambridge University from 1928 to 1931. He won three England caps in sporadic appearances during the 1930s, while playing his club rugby for Harlequins. At the end of his England career in 1936, Brook was appointed a chaplain at Clifton College.[2]

In World War II, Brook served as a chaplain with the 14th Army in Burma.[3]

Brook helped produced three England captains through his involvement in Clifton College rugby and after retiring was involved in local politics, as a Avon County Council and Bristol city councillor.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: International as Oarsman . . 25 February 1932.
  2. News: Former College Chaplain Dies, 85 . . 8 August 1992.
  3. News: Rev Peter Brook . . 19 August 1992.