Arthur Gilbert Bull
MRCS LRCP (1890–15 March 1963),
[Obituary in ''The Eagle'', Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol.XXXIV(2) No. 252, Easter 1963] also known as A.G. Bull, was an
England rugby international
and Captain of
Northampton Saints in 1924.
Life
Arthur Gilbert Bull was born in
Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1890.
He was baptised on 13 July 1890 at Hardingstone in the County of Northamptonshire, the son of Arthur Bull of
Leicestershire
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and Annie Bull of
Inverness-shire.
He was educated at
Bedford Modern School.
Bull’s only game for England was against
Wales at Twickenham on 17 January 1914.
Bull played for
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...
in the 1918–1919 season following the end of the
First World War.
He later played club rugby for
Northampton Saints and was captain of the team in 1924.
After ending his career as a rugby player he became the manager of
Northampton Saints.
Bull trained as a doctor and was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians.
He died in
Chandler's Ford,
Hampshire on 15 March 1963.
References
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1890 births
1963 deaths
People educated at Bedford Modern School
British Army personnel of World War I
England international rugby union players
Northampton Saints players
Leicester Tigers players
Rugby union players from Buckinghamshire
Rugby union flankers