Full name | John Arthur Tallent | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 March 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chislehurst, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 14 April 2004 | (aged 93)||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sherborne School | ||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Teacher / Stockbroker | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Tallent CBE OBE (8 March 1911 – 14 April 2004) was a British Army officer and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.
Born in Chislehurst, Kent, Tallent was educated at Sherborne School and the University of Cambridge.[1]
Tallent, a Blackheath centre, was a Kent and East Midlands representative player.[2] He gained five England caps and marked his debut with two tries against Scotland at Murrayfield. In 1936, Tallent toured Argentina with the British Lions.[1]
In World War II, Tallent served as second-in-command of a Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment with the Honourable Artillery Company. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his war service.[3]
Tallent was a rugby master at Stowe School and also worked as a stockbroker in London.[3]
A long-time rugby administrator, Tallent served as president of his former club Blackheath and had a stint as RFU president in 1959/60, then during the early 1970s was chairman of the Four Nations Unions Committee. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 New Year Honours for services to rugby.[4]