Date of birth | 19 March 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Meriden, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 January 2021 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||
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John Barton (19 March 1943 - 12 January 2021) was an English rugby union international. [1]
Born in Meriden, Warwickshire, Barton was a lock and occasional number eight, who gained four England caps from 1967 to 1972, scoring two tries. Both of his Test tries came in a 1967 Five Nations match against Wales at Cardiff. [2] He was on the England squad for the 1972 tour of South Africa, but didn't feature in the Test match. [3]
Barton's entire career was spent with Coventry, where he made 265 senior appearances. [4]
Date of birth | 19 March 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Meriden, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 January 2021 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Barton (19 March 1943 - 12 January 2021) was an English rugby union international. [1]
Born in Meriden, Warwickshire, Barton was a lock and occasional number eight, who gained four England caps from 1967 to 1972, scoring two tries. Both of his Test tries came in a 1967 Five Nations match against Wales at Cardiff. [2] He was on the England squad for the 1972 tour of South Africa, but didn't feature in the Test match. [3]
Barton's entire career was spent with Coventry, where he made 265 senior appearances. [4]