Victor Sydney James Harding (18 June 1932 – 24 November 2017) was an English international rugby union player.
| Full name | Victor Sydney James Harding | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 June 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Southwark, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 November 2017 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Marylebone Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Southwark, Harding was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and the University of Cambridge, where he won three rugby blues.[1] He also played rugby for Middlesex, Sale, Saracens and the Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
Harding, a lock, was capped six times by England during the early 1960s while a Saracens player. He debuted against France in the 1961 Five Nations Championship and scored England's only try in a 5–5 draw.[3]
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- ^ "John Price out of England XV". The Guardian Journal. 23 February 1961.
- ^ "Sale Build Up Their Power Still Further". Liverpool Echo. 26 August 1961.
- ^ "New cap Hardings gets the vital try for England". Sunday Mercury. 26 February 1961.