Shaun Gadsby (20 May 1963 – 22 April 2015) was an English rugby player for Cambridge R.U.F.C. Gadsby was an openside flanker. He also played cricket. He was born in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at Felsted School.
| Date of birth | 20 May 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 April 2015 (aged 51) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Felsted School | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Brian Gadsby (father) Nigel Gadsby (brother) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
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Gadsby had a successful rugby career for Cambridge representing them 505 times in just over 20 years. He played his 500th game on 29 November 2003[1] against Diss and retired soon after. He is Cambridge's all-time most capped player, an achievement unlikely to ever be broken.[2]
Gadsby died on 22 April 2015[3] after a 4-year struggle with leukaemia. The club paid its tributes to him by renaming the bar in his memory.
References
edit- ^ "Shaun's 500th game". cambridge-news. Retrieved 28 November 2003.
- ^ "record appearances for CRUFC". crufc. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Shaun's Death". cambridge-news. Retrieved 27 April 2015.