William Pratten | |
Full Name: | William Edgar Pratten |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1907 |
Birth Place: | Lewisham, England |
Death Place: | Canterbury, England |
Relatives: | Denis Pratten (brother) |
Position: | Second row |
Repyears1: | 1927 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
William Edgar Pratten (29 May 1907 – 25 August 1969) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Lewisham, Pratten played his club rugby for Blackheath and was a front row forward, who was fast in open play. He represented Kent and was capped twice for England in the 1927 Five Nations.[1] [2]
Pratten was the director of an engineering company and served as governor of Sir Roger Manwood's School.[3]
During World War II, Pratten was a gunner with the Territorial Army in the Middle East.[3]