Ron Syrett | |
Full Name: | Ronald Edward Syrett |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1931 |
Birth Place: | Amersham, England |
Death Place: | Beaconsfield, England |
School: | Royal Grammar School |
Position: | Flanker |
Repyears1: | 1958–62 |
Repcaps1: | 11 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Ronald Edward Syrett (5 January 1931 - 20 May 2018) was an English international rugby union player.
Syrett, the son of a butcher, grew up in Buckinghamshire and was educated at Wycombe Royal Grammar School.[1]
A flanker, Syrett earned 11 England caps and was part of a Five Nations Championship title win in 1958.[2] He made representative appearances for London Counties and Middlesex, while playing his club rugby with Wasps.[1]
Syrett married the sister of England winger Ted Woodward.[3] His younger brother, Dennis Syrett, was goalkeeper on the Wycombe Wanderers side that contested the 1957 FA Amateur Cup final at Wembley.[1]