Geoff Frankcom
| Full name | Geoffrey Peter Frankcom | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 April 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bathavon, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King Edward's School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Peter Frankcom (born 5 April 1942) is an English former international rugby union player.
Frankcom hails from the village of Peasedown St John outside Bath, Somerset. He was educated at King Edward's School in Bath and Queens' College, Cambridge. A three-time Cambridge blue, Frankcom starred in the 1961 Varsity Match, scoring a late try to help defeat Oxford University. He served in the RAF as a flight commander.[1][2]
A centre, Frankcom was a Somerset County captain and spent much of his career at Bath. He was the top try scorer in the 1963/64 English first-class season while with Bath, then gained four caps for England in the 1965 Five Nations.[3] In the match against Wales, Frankcom claimed to have been bitten on the cheek by Welsh forward Brian Thomas.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mason, John (13 December 1961). "Memorable Game For Geoff Frankcom". Bristol Evening Post.
- ^ Keating, Frank (6 December 2011). "University match greybeards gather to relive timeless battle of '61". The Guardian.
- ^ "Frankcom Geoff". Bath Rugby Heritage.
- ^ Abbandonato, Paul (8 October 2020). "Three Welshmen named among hardest rugby players in history". Wales Online.
External links
[edit]- Geoff Frankcom at ESPNscrum
- Geoff Frankcom at England Rugby
- 1942 births
- Living people
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- People educated at King Edward's School, Bath
- Rugby union players from Somerset
- People from Bath and North East Somerset
- Rugby union centres
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Bath Rugby players
- Somerset County RFU players