Birth name | John Samuel Tucker | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 June 1895 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 January 1973(1973-01-04) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | (registered in) Bristol | ||||||||||||||||
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Sam Tucker (1895–1973) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1922 to 1931.[1] He also captained his country.[1]
Sam Tucker was born on 1 June 1895 in Bristol.[1]
Tucker made his international debut on 21 January 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales v England match.[1] Of the 27 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 14 occasions.[1] He played his final match for England on 17 January 1931 at Twickenham in the England v Wales match.[1]
He married and had two children, Mary, who was born in 1926, and Janet.
England national rugby union team captains | |
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To 1900 |
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To the First World War |
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To the Second World War |
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To the Professional Era |
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To the Present Day |
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[n1] Lewis Moody was substituted in the England vs Georgia match on 18 September 2011, and Simon Shaw was confirmed as captain for the remainder of the match. |