George Leather
| Born | 22 February 1881 Leigh, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 2 January 1957 (aged 75) Liverpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Accountant | ||||||||||||||||
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George Leather (22 February 1881 – 2 January 1957) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
A Leigh-born forward, Leather played his rugby with the Liverpool club and was a regular Lancashire representative, while also earning a solitary England cap against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1907.[2]
Leather, an accountant, served as treasurer of the Liverpool Cricket Club and was a long-serving secretary of the Liverpool Playhouse theatre. He was also an executive on the Merseyside Hospitals Council and a Liverpool city magistrate.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Mr George Leather". The Guardian. 4 January 1957. p. 12.
- ↑ "Next England Side". The Guardian. 4 February 1907.
- ↑ "City man's death". The Guardian. 3 January 1957.
External links
[edit]- George Leather at ESPNscrum (archived)