Victor Harding
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| Full name | Victor Sydney James Harding | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 June 1932 Southwark, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 November 2017 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Marylebone Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Victor Sydney James Harding (18 June 1932 – 24 November 2017) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Southwark, Harding was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and the University of Cambridge, where he won three rugby blues.[1] He also played rugby for Middlesex, Sale, Saracens and the Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
Harding, a lock, was capped six times by England during the early 1960s while a Saracens player. He debuted against France in the 1961 Five Nations Championship and scored England's only try in a 5–5 draw.[3]
See also
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External links
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- Victor Harding Archived 2024-04-06 at the Wayback Machine at England Rugby
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2017 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Southwark
- Rugby union locks
- Saracens F.C. players
- Edinburgh Wanderers players
- Middlesex County RFU players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- People educated at St Marylebone Grammar School
- 20th-century English sportsmen