| Full name | Roger Carl Brandon Michaelson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1941-03-31) 31 March 1941 (age 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porthcawl, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Clifton College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Christ's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Roger Carl Brandon Michaelson (born 31 March 1941) is a Welsh former international rugby union player.
Michaelson was born in Porthcawl and educated in England, at Clifton College and Christ's College, Cambridge.
A number eight, Michaelson captained the Cambridge varsity XV. He also played for Averavon and London Welsh during his career, while winning one Wales cap, in a home loss to England in the 1963 Five Nations Championship.
Michaelson ran a fruit and veg business in Kent for many years.
See also
References
- "Roger Michaelson - Back row". aberavonwizards.co.uk.
- "The confessions of a beaten Welshman". The Daily Telegraph. 14 January 1991.
- Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
- Keating, Frank (6 December 2011). "University match greybeards gather to relive timeless battle of '61". The Guardian.
External links
- Roger Michaelson at ESPNscrum
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Porthcawl
- Rugby union number eights
- Aberavon RFC players
- London Welsh RFC players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- People educated at Clifton College
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- Surrey RFU players