Gordon Sargent | |
Full Name: | Gordon Alan Frank Sargent |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1949 |
Birth Place: | Gloucester, England |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1981 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Gordon Alan Frank Sargent (18 October 1949 - 25 June 2013) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Sargent grew up in the town of Lydney near Gloucester and attended Lydney Secondary School.[2]
A prop, Sargent spent nine seasons at his hometown club Lydney RFC, before crossing to Gloucester in 1976. He featured in two John Player Cup title wins at Gloucester and was a Gloucestershire county captain.[3] His only England cap was earned off the bench against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1981 Five Nations, after an injury to Phil Blakeway.[4]