Peter Knight (rugby union)
| Full name | Peter Michael Knight | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 October 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 October 2015 (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||
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Peter Michael Knight (7 October 1947 - 4 October 2015) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Knight was raised in Bristol and attended Bristol Cathedral School.[2]
Capped three times by England, Knight was called up to play fullback in the 1972 Five Nations, with the team looking for a successor to Bob Hiller.[3] He featured in two of the matches and later took part in the mid-year tour of South Africa, where he played as a winger in the win over the Springboks at Ellis Park.[4]
Knight, who became a priest, played for Bristol and Gloucestershire.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Injury Threat To Knight's Career". Evening Post. 5 October 1968.
- ^ "The obituary notice of Peter KNIGHT". funeral-notices.co.uk. Bristol Post. 13 October 2015.
- ^ Mason, John (18 February 1972). "Knight Unruffled By England Prospects". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "A funny thing happened to Peter in big game". Evening Post. 23 June 1972.
- ^ "Rugby priest on the wing and a prayer". The Daily Telegraph. 21 November 2003.
External links
[edit]- Peter Knight at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2015 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Bristol
- People educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union wings
- Bristol Bears players
- 20th-century English Anglican priests
- 21st-century English Anglican priests
- Gloucestershire County RFU players