Laurie Rimmer
| Full name | Laurance Ivor Rimmer | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 May 2012 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Laurance Ivor Rimmer (31 May 1935 - 31 May 2012) was an English rugby union international.[1]
Rimmer, born in Liverpool, boarded at Birkenhead School and read geography at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[2]
An Oxford University blue, Rimmer was called up by England while playing for Bath in 1961, debuting as a flanker against the touring Springboks at Twickenham. He played all fours Tests of the 1961 Five Nations Championship.[2]
Rimmer served as headmaster of Framlingham College from 1971 to 1989.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pen Pictures Of The Two County Teams". Western Morning News. 11 March 1961.
- ^ a b Shenton, Kenneth (11 July 2012). "Laurie Rimmer: Headmaster and rugby international". The Independent.
- ^ "Framlingham: Tributes to former college headmaster Laurie Rimmer who has died aged 77". East Anglian Daily Times. 7 June 2012.
External links
[edit]- Laurie Rimmer at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2012 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Liverpool
- Rugby union flankers
- Bath Rugby players
- Oxford University RFC players
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- People educated at Birkenhead School
- Heads of schools in England
- Schoolteachers from Merseyside
- Cheshire RFU players