Dicky Goddard
Richard Thomas Goddard (1879–1949) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Gloucestershire, and at club level for Gloucester, and club level rugby league (RL) for Hull FC ( Heritage No.112). Background Dicky Goddard was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, he later worked as a plumber, and he died aged 69 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Playing career County honours Dicky Goddard won caps for Gloucestershire (RU) against Midland Counties, Somerset and Devon during the 1901–02 season, and played in the 3–9 defeat by Durham in the 1902 County Championship Final at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester on Saturday 5 April 1902. Club career Goddard was initially described by William "Bill" Bailey (known as "W.B.") of the Gloucester Citizen as; ''"Goddard is looked upon as a promising half-back, but is hardly seasoned enough to take the gruellin ...
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Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the border with Wales. Including suburban areas, Gloucester has a population of around 132,000. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary. Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and '' colony'' in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as '' Colonia Glevum Nervensis''. It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II. In 1216, Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester's significance in the Middle Ages is underlined by the fact that it had a number of monastic establishments, including: St Peter's Abbey founded in 679 (later Gloucester Cathedral), the nearby St Oswald's Priory, Glo ...
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