Vic Leadbetter Explained

Vic Leadbetter
Full Name:Victor Hamilton Leadbetter
Birth Date:14 February 1930
Birth Place:Kettering, England
University:University of Cambridge
Position:No. 8
Repyears1:1954
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0

Victor Hamilton Leadbetter (born 14 February 1930) is an English former international rugby union player.

Born in Kettering, Leadbetter was a two-time Cambridge rugby blue and gained an England call up in 1954, via Edinburgh Wanderers.[1] He replaced former captain John Kendall-Carpenter in the line up and was capped twice, playing away Five Nations fixtures against Scotland and France.[2] During the 1960s, Leadbetter played his rugby for Clifton.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Three New 'Caps' In England Rugby Team . . 8 March 1954.
  2. News: V. H. Leadbetter May Join Newport . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 15 February 1955.
  3. News: Clifton RFC History - Victor Leadbetter . www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk.