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Player Profiles

The following pages are a collection of player profiles, documenting their playing careers for Gloucester. Details have been collated from sources including Gloucestershire Archive, Gloucestershire Newspaper Group (inc. Journal, Citizen, Echo), Gloucester Rugby Records and the National Rugby Museum Records at Twickenham. Plenty more to come - why not suggest a candidate?

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  • Parker, Grahame

    Parker, Grahame

    A great all-rounder
  • Pascall, Richard

    Pascall, Richard

    Powerful eighties tight-head
  • Paul, Henry

    Paul, Henry

    Dual code international
  • Pegler, Fred

    Pegler, Fred

    Fred Pegler, the son of Frank J. and Eleanor A. Pegler, was born at Painswick on his father’s seventy acre ...
  • Phillips, Bill

    Phillips, Bill

    One of The Three Clergyman of the 1930s
  • Pointon, Dave

    Pointon, Dave

    Dedicated outside half and coach
  • Potter, Mike

    Potter, Mike

    Powerful No 8 who featured strongly in 1972 cup campaign
  • Preedy, Malcolm

    Preedy, Malcolm

    Within the first two seasons of joining Gloucester, the loose head prop alongside his Kingsholm front row colleagues, Phil Blakeway ...
  • Price, Tom

    Price, Tom

    Gloucester, Cheltenham and England prop
  • Purton, Alfred William

    Purton, Alfred William

    Alfred Purton, the son of John and Clara Purton, was born at Barton St Mary in 1881. While he was ...
  • Reed, Fred

    Reed, Fred

    Mobile hard-tackling hooker
  • Richardson, Keith

    Richardson, Keith

    Captain and coach
  • Roberts, Martin

    Roberts, Martin

    Hard-tackling and powerful centre and goal-kicking full back
  • Romans, George

    Romans, George

    George Romans was acknowledged nationally to be one of the best full-backs of his day, and most commentators believed that ...
  • Rose, Charlie

    Rose, Charlie

    Charles Rose was born in Gloucester, the son of a boot and shoe maker, and grew up at 2, High ...
  • Rutherford, Don

    Rutherford, Don

    Immaculate full back; master tactician; British & Irish Lion
  • Sargent, Gordon

    Sargent, Gordon

    Long serving captain of Gloucester and Lydney. International and Barbarian
  • Saxby, Les

    Saxby, Les

    "Old Man Sax" Captain for four years who had a remarkable final season
  • Simonett, John

    Simonett, John

    Scottish No 8 - and member of the Magic Circle
  • Simpson-Daniel, James

    Simpson-Daniel, James

    Sinbad
  • Sims, Dave

    Sims, Dave

    Gloucester's first professional player and former captain.
  • Smart, Sid

    Smart, Sid

    Sid Smart was a back row forward with a real turn of speed. His specialist position was No. 8. He ...
  • Smith, Charles Albert "Whacker"

    Smith, Charles Albert "Whacker"

    Robust and well-built wing whose strengths lay mainly in defence, but he also broke some try-scoring records, and won a cap for England
  • Smith, Dick

    Smith, Dick

    Wing forward, captain & coach
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