Bryan Braithwaite-Exley
| Date of birth | 30 November 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wetherby, Leeds, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 May 2009 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||
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Bryan Braithwaite-Exley (30 November 1927 - 29 May 2009) was an English rugby union international.
Braithwaite-Exley, born in the town of Wetherby outside Leeds, was raised in Ilkley and educated at Sedbergh School. His family had a quarrying firm in Ingleton which he later worked for.[1]
A number eight, Braithwaite-Exley played his rugby for Headingley and made 31 Yorkshire county appearances.[2] He was capped once by England, against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park in the 1949 Five Nations.[3]
Braithwaite-Exley served 50 years as chairman of Austwick Parish Council.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Parish council chairman resigns after 50 years". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 13 May 2005.
- ^ "A Craven diary: Snow people creating a stir in Littondale". Craven Herald. 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Wales Oppose England". Evening Herald. 15 January 1949.
External links
[edit]- Bryan Braithwaite-Exley at ESPNscrum