Gordon Sargent (rugby union)
Gordon Alan Frank Sargent (18 October 1949 - 25 June 2013) was an English rugby union international.
| Full name | Gordon Alan Frank Sargent | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 October 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 June 2013 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sargent grew up in the town of Lydney near Gloucester and attended Lydney Secondary School.
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. 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.
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