| Full name | John Walter Rocke Swayne | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 May 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mussoorie, British India | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 June 1987 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Burnham-on-Sea, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Bromsgrove School | ||||||||||||||||
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John Walter Rocke Swayne (27 May 1906 – 24 June 1987) was an English international rugby union player.
Swayne, the son of an Army officer, was born in Mussoorie, British India, and had a younger brother, Deneys, who was capped for England as a wing-forward. [1] He attended Bromsgrove School near Worcester. [2]
A forward, Swayne played for Somerset club Bridgwater and in 1929 gained his solitary England cap in a Five Nations match against Wales at Twickenham. [3] He received a commission in the North Somerset Yeomanry in 1930. [4]