George Vickery

George Vickery
Date of birth(1879-05-25)25 May 1879
Place of birthChard, Somerset, England
Date of death30 June 1970(1970-06-30) (aged 91)
Place of deathPort Talbot, Wales
Notable relative(s)Walter Vickery (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1905 England 1 (0)

George Vickery (25 May 1879 – 30 June 1970) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Chard, Somerset, Vickery learnt his rugby in Wales, where he played for Aberavon.[1] He was a police officer by profession and in 1905 was capped for England in a match against Ireland in Cork.[2]

Vickery's son Walter played for Wales in the 1930s.[3]

  1. ^ "English Trial Match". Western Mail. 3 March 1903.
  2. ^ "Wales capped 62 policemen". Cwmbran and Pontypool News. 4 August 1983.
  3. ^ "Wales' one of a kind". ESPN.com. 16 October 2009.