Frank Sanders | |
Full Name: | Frank Warren Sanders |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1893 |
Birth Place: | Newton Abbot, England |
Death Place: | Plymouth, England |
Position: | Hooker |
Repyears1: | 1923 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Frank Warren Sanders (24 January 1893 – 22 June 1953) was an English international rugby union player.
A hooker, Sanders started out with Dartmouth Athletic and joined Plymouth Albion after the war.[1]
Sanders gained three England caps as part of their grand slam-winning 1923 Five Nations campaign, playing the matches against Ireland, Scotland and France. He formed an All-Devon front row with Ernie Gardner and Bill Luddington.[2]
In 1924, Sanders was captain of the Devon County side that played the touring "Invincible" All Blacks.[3]
Sanders was a patternmaker by trade.[1]