| Full name | Deneys Harald Swayne | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 November 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roorkee, British India | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 September 1990 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Mendip, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Bromsgrove School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Worcester College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Deneys Harald Swayne (23 November 1909 – 9 September 1990) was an English international rugby union player.
The son of a lieutenant colonel, Swayne was born in Roorkee, British India, and attended Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire, before further studies at Worcester College, Oxford, and St George's Hospital. [1]
Swayne was a varsity player at Oxford and gained one England cap, as a wing-forward in a 1931 Five Nations match against Wales at Twickenham, which ended in a 11–11 draw. [2]
In World War II, Swayne served as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was wounded in Normandy. [1]
Swayne was a general practitioner in Stevenage for 35 years, before retiring to Ditcheat, Somerset. [3]