List of Old Rugbeians - Sport

Sport

  • John Anton, English cricketer
  • David Barttelot (1821-1852), English cricketer
  • Chris Brasher, Olympic gold medalist in the steeplechase at the 1956 Summer Olympics, co-founder of the London marathon and pace setter in Roger Bannister's world record mile
  • Giles Clarke, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board
  • Granville Coghlan, rugby union international, represented Great Britain on 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina (1907–1983)
  • Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven, English nobleman and sportsman
  • John Marshall Dugdale, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871.
  • Miles Giffard, English cricketer who was hanged for the murder of his parents.
  • Joseph Fletcher Green, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871.
  • Alex Grove, rugby player for Worcester Warriors and Scotland national rugby union team
  • A. G. Guillemard, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871 and later president of the Rugby Football Union.
  • Rupert Edward Inglis (1863–1916), England rugby international who was killed at the Battle of the Somme
  • Dar Lyon, first class cricketer
  • Charles McCarthy, cricketer who played in Burma's only first-class cricket match in 1927.
  • Richard Montgomerie, English cricketer
  • Gerard Rotherham, recipient of the Wisden Cricketer of the Year award in 1918.
  • Frederick Stokes (1850–1929) the first captain of the England national rugby union team.
  • Adrian Stoop, English rugby player
  • Richard Sykes, Rugby player and founder of towns in North Dakota
  • Dawson Turner, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871.
  • Frank Tobin, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871.
  • William Webb Ellis, the credited inventor of rugby football
  • Tom Wills, the inventor of Australian rules football
  • William Yardley, cricketer and dramatist

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