David Gordon Perry (26 December 1937 – ) was an international
rugby union player and captain.
Career
Perry was capped 15 times for England between 1963 and 1966, making thirteen appearances at
number eight and two at
lock. He scored two international tries, and captained England in all four internationals in the
1965 Five Nations Championship
The 1965 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-first series of the northern hemisphere rug ...
.
He played for
Cambridge in the 1958
Varsity match and played club rugby for
Bedford. He played four matches 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 ...
at the end of the 1959-60 season.
Perry and his wife Dorne have four grown-up daughters.
He died in April 2017 at the age of 79.
David Perry: Former England and Bedford captain dies aged 79
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References
External links
* A biography of David Perry can be found at http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/p/8716/David+Gordon.aspx
1937 births
2017 deaths
People educated at Clifton College
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
Rugby union number eights
Rugby union locks
Bedford Blues players
Leicester Tigers players
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Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge