John Vincent Smith (23 May 1926 – 17 September 2021) was an English

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 it ...

player and administrator. He played for the national team at the 1950 Five Nations, and later served as President of the Rugby Football Union. At the time of his death aged 95 he was the oldest surviving England international. He played at club level for

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, Barbarian, Stroud, and Rosslyn Park. Smith died on 17 September 2021, at the age of 95.

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