George Vickery
| Date of birth | 25 May 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Chard, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 June 1970 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Port Talbot, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Walter Vickery (son) | ||||||||||||||||
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George Vickery (25 May 1879 – 30 June 1970) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Chard, Somerset, Vickery learnt his rugby in Wales, where he played for Aberavon.[1] He was a police officer by profession and in 1905 was capped for England in a match against Ireland in Cork.[2]
Vickery's son Walter played for Wales in the 1930s.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "English Trial Match". Western Mail. 3 March 1903.
- ^ "Wales capped 62 policemen". Cwmbran and Pontypool News. 4 August 1983.
- ^ "Wales' one of a kind". ESPN.com. 16 October 2009.
External links
[edit]- George Vickery at ESPNscrum