Alan Brinn (21 July 1940 — 9 February 2022) was an English
rugby union
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international.
Brinn was born in
Ystrad
Ystrad (also known as Ystrad Rhondda or Ystrad-Rhondda) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in the Rhondda Fawr valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Description
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, Wales and played his early rugby union with
Hereford
Hereford ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies east of the border with Wales, north-west of Gloucester and south-west of Worcester. With ...
, before debuting for
Gloucester
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in 1960, where he made a club record 574 appearances, mostly as a second-row forward. He played in Gloucester's
1971–72 RFU Knockout Cup
The 1971–72 National KO Competition was the first rugby union cup competition (for clubs) in England. Gloucester won the competition defeating Moseley in the final. In the final the Moseley lock Nigel Horton floored Dick Smith (the Gloucester ...
title win and made six successive County Championship finals while representing Gloucestershire.
Playing as a lock, Brinn gained three caps for
England
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in the
1972 Five Nations Championship.
Brinn later served as Gloucester chairman and was an associate national selector for
England Rugby. He lived with wife Margaret in Gloucester for many years and ran a sport outfitting store in Eastgate Street, Gloucester.
See also
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List of England national rugby union players
This article represents a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team, in the order that they received their first Cap (sport), cap. The list only includes players who have played in an official Test match (rugby union ...
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1940 births
2022 deaths
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Gloucester Rugby players
Rugby union locks
Rugby union players from Ystrad
Gloucestershire County RFU players
20th-century English sportsmen