My Dad played for Gloucester. He is 71 now, born 30.5.38, name Patrick Hole. Just wanted to read some information about him - the years he played were 1964/5, and the captain was a man called Ford.

(Simon - we'll check this out for you.)

My name is Philip Amphlett and my cousin's name was Lewis Morgan. He played for Gloucester back in the 50s but his grandfather can be seen on the photograph heading this section. They both played at outside half and had the same name.

My father's name is Richard Jardine, he played over 300 games for Gloucester between 1969 to 1981 and I would like to read any info you can find out about his career, many thanks Nick Jardine.

My father's 97 years old and lives in Upton St Leonards. I am told he attended the Heritage Day at Kingsholm on Sat Dec 5th and was interviewed. He played in the 1930s and was one of 3 ordained clergymen to be in the same squad. He must be one of the oldest Glos men alive and deserves a place in your archives. Yes?? Good to see you are recalling the history of one of the leading clubs in English rugby history.

I would like to see Gary White who played "wing forward" in the 60s. I think he was permanently off-side! Also Nick Foice and Jim Jarrett from the same period. (I remember Richard Jardine - he was Old Bill wasn't he?)

As an addendum to my earlier recommendation to feature my father in your "People Profile", I should,of course,mentioned his name! It's E.L.Phillips,also listed as "Rev. E.L.Phillips".

Like Simon Hole, my dad Charlie Wheatman played for a few seasons in the mid 60's and was understudy to Don Rutherford. I have a host of programmes and articles from his career before he joined Cheltenham RFC. You will find him stewarding every Saturday, and as the seasons go past "the better he was . . .!!"

Who was the first black man to play for Gloucester?

I would like to see a profile of Mike Potter - the most underrated No8 (outside of Glos) in the 70s. He epitomised the local player: he was hard, but also had great ball skills. He gave his all every game and a Glos player of the era told me the team when playing away especially in Wales mid-week always felt better when Potter was on the coach. To me he will always be a hall of fame player.

Dennis Ibbotson, educated Central School, originally intended to be a hooker. He 'graduated' to the open side, becoming very popular with the 'faithful' for his fearless horizontal flying tackles. Many out-halves found his attentions somewhat painful. 1950's. Worked as a welder and tinsmith. Brother Ken also played for a spell.

As someone who was (for my sins) a regular at Kingsholm between 1990 and 2003 (less so these days due to the distance I live from Gloucester and other commitments), a few names come to mind which I'll be happy to write myself when I can find the time: Chris Catling, Pete Glanville, Richard Tombs, Junior Paramore, Dave Sims (not to mention Scott Benton, Mark Mapletoft, Robert Todd, Paul Ashmead, etc., etc.).

My Uncle Tony Davis played second row/number 8 for Gloucester late 60s before moving to London with his job and playing for Wasps for many years. He sadly passed away 2 years ago but was still a regular at Kingsholm with Mike Nicholls and Eric Stephens. (Sometimes his surname was mispelt Davies.)

My father's name was John Hemming (they called him Jack Hemmings so it may be under that). He played between 1925 - 1934, in the second row. I would be very grateful if you could find any other information for me to read.

Tim Smith should be on here - I play rugby with him every week and he has still got the flair of his days at Gloucester.

Hi - I'd love to see my uncle John Haines who had a great few years at Kingsholm in the 70s and who went on to succesfully manage the Colts, helping along the likes of James Simpson-Daniel. It's not always the star players that need a mention, after all it's a team game.

We'd love to see our father Chris Williams added to your 'player profiles' section. He played during the 1970s and with his 60th birthday approaching towards the end of the year we are hoping to give him some memories. He lost all of his memorabilia during a fire many years ago, so if anyone has any photos/paper clippings/etc it would be greatly appreciated. You can reach me on robertgmwilliams@gmail.com, many thanks.

Can you please profile my husband Ron Etheridge who played for Gloucester between Nov 1969 and Summer of 1980. His last game was on the tour of Canada in 1980 when Fred Reed was captain. He played 190 games for the 1st XV.

Nice to hear the names of people like Richard Jardine and Ron Etheridge. Richard of course made a great centre partnership with fearless Mr Bayliss. And I could not possibly say that Ron Etheridge was a better full back than the great Peter Butler, could I!!!!

Thanks for all of your comments - and keep them rolling in. We're gradually working our way through the long list of ex-players - 75 Player Profiles done to date, but a great many more to do.

As an old Cirencester Grammar boy I'm really surprised not to see any mention of Steve Mills - captain of Gloucester "invincible" side 1982/83, winning captain of Gloucestershire in the old County Championship and only prevented from having many more England caps by being unlucky enough to be a contemporary of Peter Wheeler.

Chris - by sheer co-incidence, our researcher must have been at the point of producing a Steve Mills Player Profile. So we're glad to oblige...

Surely Richard Mogg should get a profile?

Brian Hudson, my father, best known as Baggy, was a Gloucester and  Gloucestershire player, and an England trialist. He played under Peter Ford in the early 60s, a tough second row with pace and ex-Marling school, he also played with his brother-in-law John Herbert at Glos. A player's profile would be greatly appreciated.

My dad, Jerry Herniman, played for Gloucester from 1970 until 1982, when he was forced to retire due to a head injury. He was a member of the first ever cup winning squad of 1972 and also a member of the cup winning squad of 1978. He captained the United for 4 seasons and was resposible for weaning the likes of John Gadd, Malcolm Preedy, Mike Teague, John Brain, Ian Smith and Paul Ford into senior rugby. It would be great to see his profile please.

Thanks for getting in touch, Verity - take a look at the programme we've uploaded for 8 Dec 1982, Gloucester v. Loughborough College, which records his honourable retirement from the game.

Please profile my dad, Roy Blair, who played in the 50's/60's. He is now in his late seventies and is still as fit as a fiddle. In fact he still holds his pilot's licence and flies regularly and still works part time. He puts these kids of today to shame!!!!!!

Thanks for contacting us, Rob. We're doing our best to keep up with all the suggestions that are sent in, but the research takes us a long time. Bear with us! In the meantime, have you seen the programme for 30 Apr 1955 which features your dad?

I met a gentleman in France called Harry Morgan who used to live in England and has lived in France for approx 20 years. He is about 53 years of age and I think he would have played for Gloucester around or during the late 70s or 80s. (His name is Harry but everyone calls him Chris.) He came from Herefordshire. Can you let me know if there is any information on him. I would like to take some info for when I see him next. Thanks, Ken Charles

I have already benefited from the great efforts the people of this project are putting into archiving the information fairly recently discovered. I can't thank them enough. One thing I did find very useful was 'The Lions Den' at Kingsholm, behind the Shed. On the walls are plaques of all the teams since the year dot and also a large amount of photos of the squads. It is a very easy job to find someone, pin down some exact years they played and even get a picture of them in a team photo. It also has a bar in the Lions Den and for some reason I find it necessary to do some more 'research' every time I go to a game!

I'm researching my family heritage on my mothers side 'Dix'. I now know from a Rugby book I found in Glos Archives that there were 6 Dix's that played for Gloucester and I would like to know more about them. I know John, Stuart and Clive played in the 1970's and "Father" William Dix played 1907-1922, the others are new names to me. The article about "Father" William Dix when he retired in 1922 was fascinating. Can you help to enlighten me about the 6 Dix's rugby careers with photographs if possible, this will add flesh to the family tree. I feel proud of my link to a rugby heritage and I want my children to be aware of this as well. Thank you