John_Steeds_(rugby_union)

John Steeds (rugby union)

John Steeds (rugby union)

Rugby player

John Harold Steeds MBE (27 September 1916 – 9 May 2009) was an English international rugby union player.

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Born in Edmonton, London, Steeds was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford.[1]

Steeds played his rugby as a hooker and started out in senior rugby at Saracens as a 17-year old. He was a Lieutenant-Surgeon in the Royal Navy during the war, serving on the HMS Vansittart and HMS Ruler. A Cambridge rugby blue, Steeds was capped five times for England across the 1949 and 1950 Five Nations Championships.[2]

A graduate of St Catharine's College, Steeds settled in Colchester after completing his medical training and took over a practice on Maldon Road. He was awarded an MBE in 1986 for services to the community.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Six Old Blues". Birmingham Gazette. 5 December 1939.
  2. [2]
    "Hall of Fame". www.saracensarfc.com.
  3. [3]
    "Colchester: Town doctor will be sadly missed". Daily Gazette. 21 May 2009.
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