Bernard Gadney

Bernard Gadney

Birth name	Bernard Cecil Gadney
Date of birth	(1909-07-16)16 July 1909
Place of birth	Oxford, England
Date of death	15 November 2000(2000-11-15) (aged 91)
Place of death	Ipswich, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
School	Dragon School Stowe
Children	Reg Gadney George Gadney John Gadney
Occupation(s)	Headmaster at Malsis School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1929–1939 Richmond Leicester Tigers () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1932–1938 1936 Great Britain 14 0 (3) (0)

Bernard Cecil Gadney (16 July 1909

. Gadney won 14 England caps between 1932 and 1938 and was captain on eight occasions.

Born in

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After retiring from international rugby he became headmaster of

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From 1946 to 1949 he was President of the Oxfordshire RFU.[3]

In 1947, he formed the England Rugby Internationals Club (E.R.I.C.) after he felt it appropriate that a retirement collection be made for outgoing RFU President, Sidney Coopper. His letter requesting donations was sent all over the world and the response was overwhelming.^[4]

He was named in the Leicester Tigers' team of the century,

References

External links

• Bernard Gadney named in Tigers Team of the Century
• Independent obituary
• Malsis school history at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2008)
• Independent article^{[dead link]}
• Malsis School Old Members Association
• Malsis OMA: Old Member Profile – Bernard C Gadney