Vic Leadbetter

Vic Leadbetter
Full nameVictor Hamilton Leadbetter
Born (1930-02-14) 14 February 1930 (age 96)
Kettering, England
UniversityUniversity of Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position No. 8
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1954 England 2 (0)

Victor Hamilton Leadbetter (born 14 February 1930) was an English former international rugby union player.

Born in Kettering, Leadbetter was a two-time Cambridge rugby blue and gained an England call up in 1954, via Edinburgh Wanderers. He replaced former captain John Kendall-Carpenter in the line up and was capped twice, playing away Five Nations fixtures against Scotland and France. During the 1960s, Leadbetter played his rugby for Clifton.

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References

  1. ↑ "Three New 'Caps' In England Rugby Team". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 March 1954.
  2. ↑ "V. H. Leadbetter May Join Newport". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 February 1955.
  3. ↑ "Clifton RFC History - Victor Leadbetter". www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk.