Arthur Gilbert Bull
| Birth name | Arthur Gilbert Bull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Olney, Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 March 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Chandler's Ford, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bedford Modern School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Gilbert Bull MRCS LRCP (1890–15 March 1963),[1] also known as A.G. Bull, was an England rugby international[2] and Captain of Northampton Saints in 1924.[3][4]
Life
[edit]Arthur Gilbert Bull was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1890.[5] He was baptised on 13 July 1890 at Hardingstone in the County of Northamptonshire, the son of Arthur Bull of Leicestershire and Annie Bull of Inverness-shire.[5] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[6]
Bull's only game for England was against Wales at Twickenham on 17 January 1914.[2] Bull played for Leicester Tigers in the 1918–1919 season following the end of the First World War.[7] He later played club rugby for Northampton Saints and was captain of the team in 1924.[4] After ending his career as a rugby player he became the manager of Northampton Saints.
Bull trained as a doctor and was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians.[1] He died in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire on 15 March 1963.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Obituary in The Eagle, Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol.XXXIV(2) No. 252, Easter 1963
- ^ a b c "Arthur Bull - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ Bowker, Barry Morrison (1978). England rugby. Cassell. ISBN 9780304302147. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Northampton Saints - Rugby - Official Site : Home - News, features & General Information > Rugby > Statistics > Club Captains". northamptonsaints.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ The Harpur Trust, 1552-1973. OCLC 903515. Retrieved 3 July 2015 – via worldcat.org.
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.