Charles Ronald Jacobs (28 October 1928 – 10 November 2002
) 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. He played at
prop
A prop, formally known as (theatrical) property, is an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinc ...
for
Northampton and . He went to
Oakham School
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in
Rutland, where he captained the first XV in 1945. He studied agriculture at the University of Nottingham.
Jacobs played a club record 470 games for Northampton over a 17-year period and appeared 29 times for England - captaining them for his final two games in 1964.
After retiring from playing, Jacobs remained involved in Rugby and became president of the
Rugby Football Union in 1983 and was tour manager during the controversial
1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa
The 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the England national rugby union team in South Africa in May and June 1984. England played seven games, including two test matches against the South Africa ...
.
References
External links
Independent obituaryNorthampton obituaryNorthampton Hall of Fame profile
1928 births
2002 deaths
Rugby union props
English rugby union administrators
England international rugby union players
People from Whittlesey
Barbarian F.C. players
Rugby union players from Cambridgeshire
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