Allan Clark Towell (7 March 1925 – 6 March 1997)[1][2] was a rugby union centre who played twice for England between 1948–51. He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Bedford Blues.
| Birth name | Allan Clark Towell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 March 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 March 1997 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Frechen, Köln, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Towell made his Leicester Tigers debut on 6 September 1947 against Bedford at Welford Road, scoring a try in a 22-3 win. Towell featured regularly for Leicester at fly-half and centre in the 1947–48 & 1948–49 seasons playing 60 of the club's 75 games. Towell was named as Leicester's captain for the 1949–50 season where he experimented by playing himself at flanker.[3]
Towell made his international debut for England on 29 March 1948 against France at Stade Colombes in a 15-0 defeat.[4] He played one further match in 1951 against Scotland at Twickenham.[5]
References edit
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ "Allan Towell". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ "France (3) 15 - 0 (0) England (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "England (5) 5 - 3 (0) Scotland (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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