William Henry "Dusty" Hare (born 29 November 1952) is a former international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer who played fullback. Hare holds the world record for points scored in a first-class rugby career, with 7,337 points. He was born in

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

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and attended the Magnus Grammar School (now Magnus Church of England School).

Rugby career

Hare played for Newark RUFC & Nottingham R.F.C. before joining

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 ...

and playing nearly 400 games for them. He made his England debut 16 March 1974 in a match against Wales, and played his final game ten years later on, having gained 25 caps. He toured with the British Lions to

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in 1983. He retired from club rugby after the 1989 cup final loss to

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, and is now the chief scout at Northampton Saints. Previous to this job, Hare was a farmer in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire and had been since a young man carrying on the family business. However, Hare sold the farm in 2001 to take a full-time job at Leicester Tigers working for the academy and latterly as head scout. In January 2010 it was announced that he was to join

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. He returned to Tigers in 2017

Cricket career

Hare was also a good cricketer, and he played ten first-class and seven

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matches for

between 1971 and 1977. He played regularly for the Nottinghamshire Second XI and Under-25s between 1969 and 1978.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hare, Dusty 1952 births Living people British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England England international rugby union players English cricketers English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Members of the Order of the British Empire Nottingham R.F.C. players Nottinghamshire cricketers People educated at Magnus Church of England School Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Newark-on-Trent

Rugby career

Cricket career

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