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Laurie Rimmer

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Laurie Rimmer
Full nameLaurance Ivor Rimmer
Date of birth(1935-05-31)31 May 1935
Place of birthLiverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of death31 May 2012(2012-05-31) (aged 77)
Place of deathAldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1961 England 5 (0)

Laurance Ivor Rimmer (31 May 1935 - 31 May 2012) was an English rugby union international.[1]

Rimmer, born in Liverpool, boarded at Birkenhead School and read geography at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[2]

An Oxford University blue, Rimmer was called up by England while playing for Bath in 1961, debuting as a flanker against the touring Springboks at Twickenham. He played all fours Tests of the 1961 Five Nations Championship.[2]

Rimmer served as headmaster of Framlingham College from 1971 to 1989.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Pen Pictures Of The Two County Teams". Western Morning News. 11 March 1961.
  2. ^ a b Shenton, Kenneth (11 July 2012). "Laurie Rimmer: Headmaster and rugby international". The Independent.
  3. ^ "Framlingham: Tributes to former college headmaster Laurie Rimmer who has died aged 77". East Anglian Daily Times. 7 June 2012.
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