Alec Ormonde Lewis (20 August 1920 – 12 January 2013) was an English international

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player. Lewis was born in

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, Sussex. His father worked with the

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and was killed in a tiger attack. He was educated at Brighton's Royal Masonic School and played his early rugby with Old Masonians. In World War II, Lewis was badly injured by an anti-personnel mine while serving with the Eighth Army in the Mediterranean. He played football after the war with Swindon Town colts, before returning to rugby. A wing-forward, Lewis played most of his rugby at Bath, which he joined from Wells RFC in the 1948–49 season. He became club captain in 1950-51 and also led Somerset in some of his 24 county appearances. From 1952 to 1954, Lewis won 10

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caps, aged 31 on his debut against the Springboks at Twickenham. He played all four matches in England's championship-winning 1953 Five Nations campaign. Lewis had six years as a national selector and was manager of England's 1972 tour of South Africa, which is where he later settled. He also served as president of both Bath and Somerset.

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