Gordon Gregory Explained

Gordon Gregory
Full Name:Gordon George Gregory
Birth Date:8 December 1907
Birth Place:Taunton, England
Death Place:Newton Abbot, England
Occupation:Farmer
Position:Front-row
Repyears1:1931–34
Repcaps1:13
Reppoints1:4

Gordon George Gregory (8 December 1907 – 4 December 1963) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Gregory attended Huish's Grammar School in his native Taunton and Reading University.[2]

A front-row forward, Gregory played primarily as a hooker and was capped 13 times for England from 1931 to 1934, winning a Home Nations triple crown his final year. His England career also included a match against the Springboks at Twickenham. He played club rugby for Bath, Blackheath, Bristol and Taunton.[3]

Gregory served as an officer in the Hampshire Regiment during World War II and spent his post-war years farming, near Bridgwater, Somerset, and later Totnes, Devon.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: G. G. Gregory Moving To London . . 16 February 1934.
  2. News: Former England and Bristol hooker dies . . 5 December 1963.
  3. News: Old England Rugby cap dies . . 5 December 1963.