Gordon Sargent (rugby union)

Gordon Alan Frank Sargent (18 October 1949 - 25 June 2013) was an English rugby union international.[1]

Gordon Sargent
Full nameGordon Alan Frank Sargent
Date of birth(1949-10-18)18 October 1949
Place of birthGloucester, England
Date of death25 June 2013(2013-06-25) (aged 63)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1981 England 1 (0)

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]

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  1. ^ "Reward rugby clubs for making England stars". The Daily Telegraph. 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ Bonner, George. "Sargent, Gordon". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
  3. ^ "Tributes paid to Gordon Sargent". Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review. 25 June 2013.
  4. ^ "England so enterprising..." Birmingham Evening Mail. 9 March 1981.

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