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Allan Clarke (rugby union)

Allan Clarke
Full nameAllan James Clarke
Date of birth(1913-02-21)21 February 1913
Place of birthCoventry, England
Date of death25 September 1975(1975-09-25) (aged 62)
Place of deathCoventry, England
SchoolSouth Street School
Occupation(s)Publican
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1935–36 England 6 (0)

Allan James Clarke (21 February 1913 – 25 September 1975) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Biography

Born and raised in Coventry, Clarke was educated at South Street School, noted for producing several other England players of the 1930s. Jimmy Giles attended the school, as did the Wheatley brothers, Arthur and Harold.[2]

Clarke, a giant Coventry second-rower, gained six England caps across the 1935 and 1936 Home Nations. He was a Warwickshire representative player and gained Barbarians selection in 1935, but injury prevented him from touring.[3]

Post rugby, Clarke managed the Maudslay Hotel on Allesley Old Road in Coventry.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alan Clarke's Success In His First International". Coventry Herald. 25 January 1935.
  2. ^ "Proud Coventry School". Evening Despatch. 12 January 1935.
  3. ^ "Coventry's Store of "Caps"". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19 March 1938.
  4. ^ "Pub That was Built on a Horse & Cart". Coventry Standard. 15 December 1961.
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