Ian David Stafford Beer CBE (born 28 April 1931) is an English former international rugby union player and schoolmaster.
| Full name | Ian David Stafford Beer | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 April 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Whitgift School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Stafford Beer (brother) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Schoolmaster | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Croydon, Beer is the younger brother of academic Stafford Beer and attended Whitgift School, where he learned his rugby, before studying for a zoology degree at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1]
Beer, a back-row forward, gained three Cambridge blues and captained them to victory in the 1954 Varsity Match. He also captained a combined Oxford-Cambridge side on a 1954 tour of North America. Capped twice, Beer played as a number eight for England in the 1955 Five Nations, debuting against France at Twickenham.[2] In his second match, Beer scored the decisive try to prevent Scotland from securing the triple crown.[3] He played for Harlequins until being appointed to a teaching position at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, after which he played for Bath.[4]
Beer was appointed headmaster of Ellesmere College at 29 and remained in the role through the 1960s. He then took over as Lancing College headmaster and, in 1981, replaced Michael Hoban as headmaster of Harrow School. After retiring in 1991, Beer had a term as Rugby Football Union president, serving from 1993 to 1994.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Beer aiming to lift spirit of the game". The Citizen. 21 July 1993.
- ^ "Ian Beer as next skipper?". Croydon Advertiser. 11 March 1955.
- ^ "Scots Fail To Win Triple Crown". Sunday Sun. 20 March 1955.
- ^ "Beer Ian CBE". Bath Rugby Heritage.
- ^ "Twin pillars of great institutions follow the same path". The Daily Telegraph. 27 September 1993.
External links
edit- Ian Beer at ESPNscrum