Peter Wright (rugby union, born 1931) explained

Peter Wright
Full Name:Thomas Peter Wright
Birth Date:28 February 1931
Birth Place:Roxby, Lincolnshire, England
Death Place:Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Position:Prop
Repyears1:1960–62
Repcaps1:13
Reppoints1:0
Repyears2:1962

Thomas Peter Wright (28 February 1931 - 22 April 2002) was an English rugby union international.[1]

Biography

Born in Roxby, Lincolnshire, Wright was educated at The Judd School and played his early rugby for Tonbridge.[2]

Wright, a prop, joined Blackheath in 1954 and went on to captain the club in the early 1960s.[3] He was capped 13 times by England from 1960 to 1962 and toured South Africa with the 1962 British Lions.[4]

A brewery worker by profession, Wright died of a heart attack in 2002 at the age of 71.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Children . J. C. . Our only England cap . . 27 March 1964.
  2. News: Peter Wright: I May Retire . Nottingham Evening News . 26 March 1960.
  3. News: Peter Wright Is Captain Of Blackheath . Tunbridge Wells Courier . 25 August 1961.
  4. News: Meet The Lions . . 7 April 1962.
  5. News: About Rugby . . 25 April 2002.