| Full name | John Alfred Brett | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1915-10-26)26 October 1915 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wetherby, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 August 1996(1996-08-10) (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Durham School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Schoolmaster | ||||||||||||||||
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John Alfred Brett (26 October 1915 – 10 August 1996) was an English international rugby union player.
Brett, the son of a solicitor, was born in Wetherby, Yorkshire and educated at Durham School.
A prop, Brett featured in eight fixtures for the British Lions on the 1936 tour to Argentina, including the one-off match against the Pumas. He captained Oxford University in the 1937 Varsity Match, while a pupil of St Edmund Hall.
Brett served with the Royal Artillery during World War II and was left with a glass eye after being badly injured in Normandy. From 1958 to 1967, Brett was the Headmaster of Durham School.
See also
References
- "John Alfred Brett". Dunelmian: 93. 1995–96.
- "#280 John Brett". British & Irish Lions.
- "Old boy of school to be head". Evening Chronicle. 17 September 1957.
External links
- John Brett at ESPNscrum
- 1915 births
- 1996 deaths
- English rugby union players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Rugby union players from West Yorkshire
- Rugby union props
- People from Wetherby
- Oxford University RFC players
- Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- People educated at Durham School
- Royal Artillery soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Heads of schools in England
- 20th-century English sportsmen