Geoffrey Unwin
 Geoffrey (left) with wife Dora in 1930 | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Geoffrey Thomas Unwin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 June 1874 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ecclesall Bay, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 February 1948 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Exeter College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Brewery director | ||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Thomas Unwin (1 June 1874 – 12 February 1948) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Biography
[edit]A native of Sheffield, Unwin was educated at the University of Oxford, where he played both rugby union and association football. He captained Oxford University RFC playing as a halfback and was a goalkeeper for Exeter College.[2]
Unwin gained his only England cap in 1898, forming a halfback partnership with ex-Cambridge blue Arthur Rotherham, against Scotland at Edinburgh. He also played a match against the touring All Blacks, captaining Cheltenham.[3]
Retiring to The Bury, Hemel Hempstead, Unwin died in 1948, at the age of 73.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby Memories". Gloucestershire Echo. 22 August 1945.
- ^ "Football". The Daily Telegraph. 14 November 1896.
- ^ a b "Death of Dr. G. T. Unwin". The Gloucestershire Echo. 13 February 1948.
External links
[edit]- Geoffrey Unwin at ESPNscrum