Charlie Hannaford (rugby union)

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Charlie Hannaford
Birth nameRonald Charles Hannaford
Date of birth (1944-10-19) 19 October 1944 (age 78)
Place of birth Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
University Durham and Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1971 England 3 (3)

Ronald Charles Hannaford is an English educator and former rugby union international who represented England in the 1971 Five Nations. [1]

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Personal

Hannaford attended The Crypt School in Gloucester and then studied at Durham University, where one of his contemporaries on the university team was future England international Peter Dixon. [2] [3]

He came close to being dismissed from university after an academically disastrous second year, but was saved by the intervention of Zoologist David Barker. [4] After graduating from Durham with a 2:1 he continued his education at Churchill College, Cambridge, and represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C. [4] [5] Hannaford taught Biology at Sherborne School (1968–1970), and later at Clifton College and Millfield. [6] [4] He moved to New Zealand in 1975, but eventually returned to England where he worked at Rendcomb College (1983–1988) and then at Seaford College as headmaster. [7] [8] By 1997 he was reportedly retired in France. [4]

Rugby union career

He made his test debut against Wales, scoring a try in a 22–6 defeat. His final international appearance at test level came against France in the same tournament. He later toured the Far East with England, playing against Japan.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ronald Charles Hannaford". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Reflections of two Old Cryptians". Crypt School. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Hall, Joe (September 2017). "An Oral History of England International Rugby Union Players, 1945-1995". Leicester: De Montfort University: 123. S2CID   166020515.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Moyes, Arthur (2007). Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University. Durham: Hatfield College Trust. pp. 125–126.
  5. ↑ "Heavy pack held by Cambridge". The Times. 16 November 1967. p. 13.
  6. ↑ Hassall, Rachel (7 September 2017). "Rugby Coaches". The Old Shirburnian Society. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Maule, Raymond (1992). The Complete Who's Who of England Rugby Union Internationals. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 69. ISBN   9781873626108.
  8. ↑ White, W. J. D., ed. (May 1988). "R. C.Hannaford" (PDF). Old Rendcombian Society Newsletter (14): 10–11. Retrieved 23 July 2022.


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