Tug Wilson (rugby)

Tug Wilson

Full name	Kenneth James Wilson
Date of birth	(1938-11-25)25 November 1938
Place of birth	Newark, England
Date of death	1 December 1993(1993-12-01) (aged 55)
Place of death	Oldham, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) – Gloucester () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1963 England 1 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1963–1973 Oldham RLFC 321 87

Kenneth James "Tug" Wilson (25 November 1938 - 1 December 1993) was an English rugby union international.

Born in Newark, Wilson attended The King's School, Grantham.

Wilson, a physical training instructor at RAF Innsworth, was a RAF heavyweight boxing champion and once had a points win over Billy Walker. He played his rugby in the RAF and for Gloucester, gaining an England cap as a prop against France at Twickenham in the 1963 Five Nations, before signing with rugby league side Oldham. In his first season at Oldham, 1963–64, he was part of the team's Challenge Cup semi-final run. He played over 300 games for Oldham.

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

External links

• Tug Wilson at ESPNscrum