| Full name | Peter Cotton Hordern | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1907-05-13)13 May 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Berkhamsted, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 June 1988(1988-06-22) (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Peterborough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brighton College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Michael Hordern (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | RAF Officer / Teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wing Commander Peter Cotton Hordern AFC (13 May 1907 – 22 June 1988) was a Royal Air Force officer and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.
Rugby career
An Oxford blue in 1928, Hordern played rugby for Blackheath, Gloucester and Newport during the 1930s. He was primarily a back-row forward, but could also play as a prop, while at Newport was utilised as a makeshift centre three-quarter. Capped four times, Hordern represented England across the 1931 Five Nations and 1934 Home Nations tournaments. He also gained regular selection for the Barbarians and in 1936 toured Argentina with the British Lions.
Personal life
Hordern was the elder brother of renowned Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Hordern.
A Royal Air Force officer, Hordern was awarded the Air Force Cross during World War II and reached the rank of Wing Commander.
See also
References
- "Midlanders In Rugby Trial". Evening Despatch. 30 December 1933.
- "Front row men". Leicester Evening Mail. 15 December 1930.
- "Peter Hordern Weds". South Wales Weekly Argus. 11 September 1937.
- ^ "Hordern, Peter". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
External links
- Peter Hordern at ESPNscrum
- 1907 births
- 1988 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Blackheath F.C. players
- Gloucester Rugby players
- Newport RFC players
- Oxford University RFC players
- Rugby union players from Berkhamsted
- Royal Air Force wing commanders
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
- People educated at Brighton College
- Hampshire County RFU players
- 20th-century English sportsmen