Peter Knight | |
Full Name: | Peter Michael Knight |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1947 |
Birth Place: | Bristol, England |
Position: | Fullback / Winger |
Repyears1: | 1972 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Peter Michael Knight (7 October 1947 - 4 October 2015) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Knight was raised in Bristol and attended Bristol Cathedral School.[2]
Capped three times by England, Knight was called up to play fullback in the 1972 Five Nations, with the team looking for a successor to Bob Hiller.[3] He featured in two of the matches and later took part in the mid-year tour of South Africa, where he played as a winger in the win over the Springboks at Ellis Park.[4]
Knight, who became a priest, played for Bristol and Gloucestershire.[5]