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England’s oldest rugby international Walker dies

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)- Harry Walker England’s oldest ex-international rugby union player has died aged 103 his former club Coventry announced. Walker, a prop, made nine Test appearances for England — making his debut at the advanced age of 32 in 1947 and had to buy his own pair of white shorts to play for his country as Coventry wore an all blue strip. “When we started singing ‘God Save The King’, it got to me […]