Full name | Gordon Richard Britton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 September 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Risca, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Pontymister Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Policeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Richard Britton (born 10 September 1939) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. [1]
Born in Risca, Monmouthshire, Britton was educated at Pontymister Secondary School and spent most of his career with Newport, which he joined in 1959 from hometown club Risca RFC. [2]
Britton gained a Wales cap as a centre against Scotland at Murrayfield in the 1961 Five Nations. [3]
In 1966, Britton played for Newport against the touring Wallabies and late in the match suffered a head knock after being tackled by three Australian players. He had to be given mouth-to-mouth on the pitch by the Newport club doctor due to breathing difficulties and went to hospital with concussion. [4]
Full name | Gordon Richard Britton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 September 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Risca, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Pontymister Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Policeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Richard Britton (born 10 September 1939) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. [1]
Born in Risca, Monmouthshire, Britton was educated at Pontymister Secondary School and spent most of his career with Newport, which he joined in 1959 from hometown club Risca RFC. [2]
Britton gained a Wales cap as a centre against Scotland at Murrayfield in the 1961 Five Nations. [3]
In 1966, Britton played for Newport against the touring Wallabies and late in the match suffered a head knock after being tackled by three Australian players. He had to be given mouth-to-mouth on the pitch by the Newport club doctor due to breathing difficulties and went to hospital with concussion. [4]