John Wackett | |
Full Name: | John Arthur Sibley Wackett |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1930 |
Birth Place: | Hatfield, England |
Death Place: | St Albans, England |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
Position: | Hooker |
Repyears1: | 1959 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Arthur Sibley Wackett (27 September 1930 – 24 February 2024) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Wackett was educated at Welwyn Garden City Grammar and played his early career for Welwyn RFC, before moving on to London club Rosslyn Park.[2]
Wackett made 37 appearances for Hertfordshire and gained two England caps as a hooker in the 1959 Five Nations Championship, against Wales in Cardiff and Ireland in Dublin.[3]