Eric Coley
| Date of birth | 23 July 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 May 1957 (aged 53) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Coley (23 July 1903 – 3 May 1957) was an English international rugby union player.
A back-row forward, Coley spent his entire career with hometown club Northampton. He was a regular member of Barbarian invitational sides and toured Argentina with the British Lions in 1927, featuring in two of the four internationals against the Pumas. Capped twice for England, Coley debuted in an away win over France in 1929, then returned against Wales for the opening 1932 Home Nations fixture in Swansea, where he scored their solitary try in a losing cause.[1][2]
Coley was later an England rugby selector and secretary of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "County Championship Struggle". The Daily Telegraph. 13 January 1932.
- ^ "Wales Superior To England". Devon and Exeter Gazette. 18 January 1932.
- ^ "Death Of Former England Player". Bristol Evening Post. 3 May 1957.
External links
[edit]- Eric Coley at ESPNscrum