Gordon Sargent (rugby union)

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

Gordon Sargent

Full name	Gordon Alan Frank Sargent
Date of birth	(1949-10-18)18 October 1949
Place of birth	Gloucester, England
Date of death	25 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]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

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.

External links

• Gordon Sargent at ESPNscrum