Rugby player
| Full name | Jasper Twining Bartlett | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1924-10-17)17 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 January 1969(1969-01-16) (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Birkenhead Institute | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Liverpool University | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Engineer | ||||||||||||||||
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Jasper Twining Bartlett (17 October 1924 – 16 January 1969) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Birmingham, Bartlett was a versatile forward and took up rugby at Birkenhead Institute.
Bartlett began playing for Waterloo in 1942 and while studying engineering competed for Liverpool University. In 1949, Bartlett won a County Championship with Cheshire. He was capped for England as a lock against Wales in a 1951 Five Nations match at Swansea. He captained both Cheshire and Combined Universities in representative matches.
In his later years, Bartlett lived in West Derby, Liverpool, where he died at the age of 44 in 1969.
See also
References
- "A long road back for Bartlett". Liverpool Daily Post. 12 January 1954.
- ^ "The gentle giant of Rugby dies at 44". Liverpool Echo. 17 January 1969.
- "Obituary". The Guardian. 18 January 1969.
External links
- Jasper Bartlett at ESPNscrum