Dick Greenwood

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Dick Greenwood
Full name John Richard Heaton Greenwood
Date of birth (1940-09-11) 11 September 1940
Place of birth Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
School Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby[1]
University Cambridge University[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
1958?-1972
1962-1963
1973
1973-1976

? to ?
Waterloo
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
Scorpions RFC
Rugby Roma
County side:
Lancashire[1]
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1966-1969 England 5
correct as of 1 September 2006.
Coaching career
Years Club / team
1983–1985 England
Rugby union career

John Richard Heaton Greenwood (born 11 September 1940 in Macclesfield) is a former England rugby union international flanker, captain of Waterloo, Cambridge University, Lancashire and England as well as national coach. He was for many years a coach with Preston Grasshoppers.

Career

In 1973 he was sent to Kenya by the Rugby Football Union on a coaching assignment, and while there was selected to play for The Scorpions, the East African equivalent of the Barbarian FC. After this assignment was over he moved to Italy to play for Rugby Roma from 1973 to 1976,[2] becoming the Italian Championship's best try scorer in 1974 and 1975. So enamoured had he been by his time in Kenya that he persuaded his Italian club to tour East Africa in 1976. He was also the England National rugby coach from 1983 to 1985.

He gained five caps between 1966 and 1969.

Outside rugby, Greenwood was the Assistant Bursar and also a geography teacher and head of rugby at Stonyhurst College.[3]

Family

Greenwood has a daughter Emma and a son Will, who was part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning squad. His wife Sue taught mathematics at Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall for over two decades.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richards, Huw (10 September 2010). "Leading the revolution". 
  2. "Greenwood’s secret past". BBC. 2001-03-14. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
  3. "World Cup hero Will's close shave with fame". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 December 2007. 
  4. "A fond farewell to Mrs Susan Greenwood and Mrs Mary Turner". 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mike Weston
English National Rugby Union Captain
1969
Succeeded by
Budge Rogers
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