:Joe Mycock
{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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| name = Joe Mycock
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| birth_name = Joeseph S. Mycock
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|1|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bakewell, England
| death_date = {{death date and age |2004|05|30 |1916|1|17 |df=yes}}
| death_place = Aberconwy, Wales
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| position = Lock
Number 8
| amatteam1 = Sale
| amatteam2 = Vale of Lune
| amatteam3 = Harlequin F.C.
| amatteam4 = RAF
| amatteam5 = Combined Services
| amatteam6 = British Empire Forces
| amatteam7 = Barbarian F.C.
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| repteam1 = England
| repyears1 = 1947–1948
| repcaps1 = 5
| reppoints1 = 0
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| school = Giggleswick School
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Joseph Mycock (17 January 1916 – 30 May 2004)[http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/4909.html Joe Mycock player profile] Scrum.com was an English rugby union player who once captained the England national team. At club level, he represented Sale.
Playing career
Mycock captained Sale Rugby Club on 29 May 1936. Mycock said one of his principal aims would be to strengthen the junior teams and try to bring on the club's own players. He joined Harlequins on 5 December 1936. He was first selected for England on 7 January 1939/ playing at Number 8.
He was later capped for England against the 1947 Australia tourists. It is suggested that he was the first captain to remove forwards from the line and put them in the backs. On 11 November 1944, he captained the Combined Services.
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Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Harlequin F.C. players
Category:Lancashire County RFU players
Category:People educated at Giggleswick School
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
Category:Rugby union players from Bakewell
Category:Rugby union number eights
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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