John Barton (rugby union)

John Barton

Date of birth	(1943-03-19)19 March 1943
Place of birth	Meriden, England
Date of death	12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 77)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1967–72 England 4 (6)

John Barton (19 March 1943 - 12 January 2021) was an English rugby union international.^[1]

Born in Meriden, Warwickshire, Barton was a lock and occasional number eight, who gained four England caps from 1967 to 1972, scoring two tries. Both of his Test tries came in a 1967 Five Nations match against Wales at Cardiff.^[2] He was on the England squad for the 1972 tour of South Africa, but didn't feature in the Test match.^[3]

Barton's entire career was spent with Coventry, where he made 265 senior appearances.^[4]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

1. "England bring in John Barton for Pallant". Liverpool Daily Post. 10 April 1967.
2. "John Barton, 1943 - 2021". www.englandrugby.com. 6 February 2021.
3. "Utility man Barton tours with England". The Birmingham Post. 28 March 1972.
4. "No backward steps from these two rugby greats of the past". The Rugby Paper. 17 January 2021.

External links

• John Barton at ESPNscrum