Ron Jacobs (rugby player)
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Charles Ronald Jacobs was an English Rugby Union
player. He played at prop for Northampton
and . He went to Oakham School
in Rutland
, where he captained the first XV in 1945. He studied Agriculture at Nottingham University,
Jacobs played a club record 470 games for Northampton over a 17 year period and appeared 29 times for England - captaining them for his final two games in 1964.
After retiring from playing, Jacobs remained involved in Rugby and became president of the Rugby Football Union
in 1983 and was tour manager during the controversial 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa
.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. He played at prop for Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
and . He went to Oakham School
Oakham School
Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the historic market town of Oakham in Rutland, accepting around 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18, both male and female, as boarders and day pupils . The Good Schools Guide called the school "a privileged but unpretentious and...
in Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
, where he captained the first XV in 1945. He studied Agriculture at Nottingham University,
Jacobs played a club record 470 games for Northampton over a 17 year period and appeared 29 times for England - captaining them for his final two games in 1964.
After retiring from playing, Jacobs remained involved in Rugby and became president of the Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...
in 1983 and was tour manager during the controversial 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa
1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa
The 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of seven matches played by the England national rugby union team in South Africa in May and June 1984. England played seven games, including two test matches against the South Africa national rugby union team...
.