Ivor Preece

Ivor Preece
Full name Ivor Preece
Date of birth (1920-12-15)15 December 1920
Place of birth Coventry, West Midlands, England
Date of death 14 March 1987(1987-03-14) (aged 66)
School Broad Street School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
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Broadstreet RFC
Coventry R.F.C.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1948-1951
1950
England
British Lions[1]
12
1
(3)
(0)

Ivor Preece (15 December 1920 - 14 March 1987) was an English rugby union footballer who represented and captained England Schools, England and Coventry. He is the only Coventry RFC player to have achieved this accolade. He was selected to play with the British and Irish Lions, on their tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1950.

Born in Coventry in the West Midlands, he attended Broad Street School, Foleshill, Coventry playing in the schools successful side winning the Coventry F.C Shield one of the oldest trophies played for in schoolboy rugby throughout the world being established in 1897. Once his playing career was over he still dedicated himself to the game of rugby union serving as president for Coventry Schools, Warwickshire RFU, Coventry R.F.C. and Broadstreet RFC from 1970 until his death in 1987. Preece's son, Peter Preece, was also an England rugby union international who played for Coventry - he was capped 12 times between 1972 and 1976.[2]

Broadstreet RFC honoured Preece by naming their ground the Ivor Preece Field after him.

International matches played

England

British Lions

Lions 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

External links

Notes

  1. Scrum.com player profiles
  2. Griffiths, John (1982). The Book of English International Rugby 1871-1982. Willow Books. p. 358. ISBN 0-00-218006-5.
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