Peter John Ford (born 2 May 1932) is an English former
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international.
A native of
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...
, Ford was a blind side flanker and debuted for
Gloucester RFC
Gloucester Rugby are a professional rugby union club based in the West Country city of Gloucester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was formed in 1873 and since 1891 has played its home matches ...
in 1951. By the age of 23, he had been elevated to the club captaincy, which he served in for five seasons. He was a member of the Western Counties team that beat the Wallabies at Bristol in 1957 and four years later captained the representative side against the Springboks. His
England
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call up didn't come until late in his career and he was capped four times, all in the
1964 Five Nations. He continued playing for Gloucester until 1968 and became the first player from the club to appear in 500 games.
Ford has held various administrative roles at Gloucester since retiring, including club chairman and president. He was previously the Gloucestershire representative on the RFU committee, serving four years as an England selector.
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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1932 births
Living people
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Gloucester
Rugby union flankers
Gloucester Rugby players
20th-century English sportsmen