Charlie Hannaford (rugby union)

Ronald Charles Hannaford is an English educator and former rugby union international who represented England in the 1971 Five Nations.[1]

Charlie Hannaford
Birth nameRonald Charles Hannaford
Date of birth (1944-10-19) 19 October 1944
Place of birthGloucester, Gloucestershire, England
UniversityDurham and Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1971 England 3 (3)

Personal

Hannaford attended The Crypt School in Gloucester and then studied at Durham University, where one of his contemporaries on the university team was future England international Peter Dixon.[2][3]

He came close to being dismissed from university after an academically disastrous second year, but was saved by the intervention of Zoologist David Barker.[4] After graduating from Durham with a 2:1 he continued his education at Churchill College, Cambridge, and represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C.[4][5] Hannaford taught Biology at Sherborne School (1968–1970), and later at Clifton College and Millfield.[6][4] He moved to New Zealand in 1975, but eventually returned to England where he worked at Rendcomb College (1983–1988) and then at Seaford College as headmaster.[7][8] By 1997 he was reportedly retired in France.[4]

Rugby union career

He made his test debut against Wales, scoring a try in a 22–6 defeat. His final international appearance at test level came against France in the same tournament. He later toured the Far East with England, playing against Japan.

References
  1. "Ronald Charles Hannaford". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. "The Reflections of two Old Cryptians". Crypt School. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. Hall, Joe (September 2017). "An Oral History of England International Rugby Union Players, 1945-1995". Leicester: De Montfort University: 123. S2CID 166020515. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Moyes, Arthur (2007). Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University. Durham: Hatfield College Trust. pp. 125–126.
  5. "Heavy pack held by Cambridge". The Times. 16 November 1967. p. 13.
  6. Hassall, Rachel (7 September 2017). "Rugby Coaches". The Old Shirburnian Society. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. Maule, Raymond (1992). The Complete Who's Who of England Rugby Union Internationals. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 69. ISBN 9781873626108.
  8. White, W. J. D., ed. (May 1988). "R. C.Hannaford" (PDF). Old Rendcombian Society Newsletter (14): 10–11. Retrieved 23 July 2022.


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