Robert Edward Prescott (5 April 1913 – 18 May 1975) was an English international

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player. Prescott was born in

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, London in 1913. His father Ernest was a solicitor who had a period as president of the

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during the 1920s and his mother was the sister of ex-England forward Curly Hammond. An Oxford blue, Prescott was a wing-forward in the 1932

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, then developed into a prop during his time with Harlquins, as the club had a surplus of wing-forwards. He also competed for Marlborough, which he captained. In 1936, Prescott toured Argentina with the British Lions. He featured as a prop for

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from 1937 to 1939, earning six caps. Prescott, a Dartmouth solicitor, also followed his father into rugby administration. He served as an England selector for 10 years and in 1962 succeeded Doug Prentice as Rugby Football Union secretary.

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