John Steeds (rugby union)
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Rugby player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Harold Steeds MBE (27 September 1916 – 9 May 2009) was an English international rugby union player.
Full name | John Harold Steeds | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 September 1916 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edmonton, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 May 2009 92) | (aged||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | St Edward's School | ||||||||||||||||
University | St Catharine's College | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Edmonton, London, Steeds was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford.[1]
Steeds played his rugby as a hooker and started out in senior rugby at Saracens as a 17-year old. He was a Lieutenant-Surgeon in the Royal Navy during the war, serving on the HMS Vansittart and HMS Ruler. A Cambridge rugby blue, Steeds was capped five times for England across the 1949 and 1950 Five Nations Championships.[2]
A graduate of St Catharine's College, Steeds settled in Colchester after completing his medical training and took over a practice on Maldon Road. He was awarded an MBE in 1986 for services to the community.[3]
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