George Boots

George Boots

Boots in his Newport jersey
Birth name	John George Boots
Date of birth	(1874-07-02)2 July 1874
Place of birth	Aberbeeg, Monmouthshire, Wales[1]
Date of death	29 December 1928(1928-12-29) (aged 54)
Place of death	Newport, Monmouthshire
Height	5 ft 10.75 in (1.7971 m)[2]
Weight	13 st 0 lb (83 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) ??? ??? ??? ??? 1895-1922 Blackheath R.C. Cross Keys RFC London Welsh RFC Pill Harriers RFC Newport RFC Monmouthshire () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1898-1904 Wales 16 (3)

John George Boots (1874–1928) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Monmouthshire. He won 16 caps for Wales.

Boots was seen as a consistent player with a superb positional sense who would tackle hard and smother the loose ball; his passing skill was strong as was his catching and dribbling.^[2] Boots was not a flair player but was a good 'spoiler' and could turn defence into attack, giving backs, such as Nicholls and Lloyd, a platform to run in tries. Boots had an exceptionally long rugby career, in spite of being on his death bed in 1908 with acute pleurisy.^[2]