Dick Auty
| Full name | Joseph Richard Auty | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 August 1910 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Batley, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 June 1995 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Mill Hill School | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Wool manufacturer | ||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Richard Auty (19 August 1910 – 7 June 1995) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Batley, Auty was the son of local identify Wilf Auty, a rugby footballer who played for Yorkshire. Both his father and grandfather served as mayors of Batley. He was educated at Mill Hill School and earned England Public Schools representative honours, playing alongside his friend Douglas Bader.[1]
Auty, a stand-off, possessed a good dummy and side-step. He played most of his rugby with Headingley, which he captained to a dominant 29-win season in 1933–34. His solitary England cap came against Scotland at Murrayfield in the 1935 Home Nations.[2] He also played for the Barbarians, Leicester and Yorkshire.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dick Auty". The Daily Telegraph. 13 June 1995.
- ^ "Team Not Fast Enough To Lay Murrayfield Bogy". Daily Mirror. 16 March 1935.
- ^ "Auty in the Yorkshire side". Leicester Evening Mail. 19 October 1931.
External links
[edit]- Dick Auty at ESPNscrum