| Full name | William Gordon Hook | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1920-12-21)21 December 1920 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 May 2013(2013-05-09) (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sir Thomas Rich's School | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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William Gordon Hook (21 December 1920 – 9 May 2013) was an English international rugby union player.
A native of Gloucester, Hook was educated at Sir Thomas Rich's School and spent his entire rugby career with his hometown club, debuting for Gloucester RFC as a 17-year old in 1938.
Hook served with the RAF during the war and for part of the conflict was stationed in west Africa.
After the war, Hook began earning representative honours, with regular appearances for Gloucestershire. He was capped three times by England as a fullback, kicking the winning conversion in his debut match against Scotland in 1951. The following year, Hook appeared twice for England, including against the Springboks at Twickenham.
Hook was a sports outfitter by profession and had a shop on Westgate Street in Gloucester.
See also
References
- ^ "Hook, Bill". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
- "Spectator Sport » 14 Nov 1992 » The Spectator Archive". The Spectator. 14 November 1992.
- "One match and Bill was hooked!". The Citizen. 18 February 1986.
External links
- Bill Hook at ESPNscrum
- Bill Hook at England Rugby
- 1920 births
- 2013 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Gloucester
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Gloucester Rugby players
- Gloucestershire County RFU players
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- People educated at Sir Thomas Rich's School
- 20th-century English sportsmen