Geoff Hosking

Geoff Hosking
Full nameGeoffrey Robert d'Aubrey Hosking
Date of birth(1922-03-11)11 March 1922
Place of birthSt Thomas, Devon, England
Date of death13 January 1991(1991-01-13) (aged 68)
Place of deathDover, Kent, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1949–50 England 5 (3)

Geoffrey Robert d'Aubrey Hosking (11 March 1922 - 13 January 1991) was an English rugby union international.

Hosking was born in Exeter and educated at Cheltenham College.[1]

A captain with the Royal Marines, Hosking played rugby for the Navy, as well as Plymouth club Devonport Services.[2]

Hosking was capped five times by England as a lock in the 1949 and 1950 Five Nations campaigns. It was later discovered that he had been playing with a broken back through his England career, which required surgery.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Simpson, Tony (24 December 1997). "Class of '39 stake claim to fame". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ^ "English Who's Who". Western Mail. 21 January 1950.
  3. ^ "Birth of an uncapped Lion". ESPNscrum.