Alfred Carpenter | |
Full Name: | Alfred Denzel Carpenter |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1900 |
Birth Place: | Abenhall, England |
Death Place: | Gloucester, England |
Position: | Front-row |
Repyears1: | 1932 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Alfred Denzel Carpenter (23 July 1900 – 18 April 1974) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Abenhall, Gloucestershire, Carpenter was known by the nickname "Bumps" and worked as a coal miner.[1]
Carpenter, primarily a hooker, started out playing for Cinderford. He began his career with Gloucester in 1928 and remained with the club until the war.[1] In 1932, Carpenter was capped for England in a match against the Springboks at Twickenham, becoming the first English player from the Forest of Dean.[2] He won four County Championships representing Gloucestershire and in 1937 toured Wales with the Barbarians.[3]