Andrew Hurst
{{Short description|English rugby player (1935–2011)}}
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| full_name = Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|03|15|1935|10|01|df=y}}
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| occupation = Solicitor
| school = Dragon School
| university = University of Oxford
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| position = Wing
| repyears1 = 1962
| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1 = 1
| reppoints1 = 0
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Andrew Charles Brunel Hurst (1 October 1935 – 15 March 2011) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Hurst was the youngest son of hydrologist Harold Edwin Hurst and a descendant of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Raised in Oxfordshire, Hurst was educated at the Dragon School and University of Oxford.{{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Robert |title=Wealth and Notoriety |date=2013 |isbn=978-1291334777}}
An Oxfordshire Youth Services product, Hurst played his senior rugby with Wasps and was capped once by England, as a winger against Scotland at Murrayfield during the 1962 Five Nations Championship.{{cite news |title=Scots favourites but England will be hard to beat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/908502288 |work=Daily Post |date=17 March 1962}}
Hurst was a solicitor by profession. He met his wife Bernadita Barriga on a rugby union tour to Chile.{{cite news |last1=Chipperfield |first1=John |title=Rugby player caught bride |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10039419.rugby-player-caught-bride/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=12 November 2012 |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{ESPNscrum|6441}}
- [https://www.englandrugby.com/england/player-archive/player-info?gender=male&id=EHU10 Andrew Hurst] at England Rugby
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Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Oxfordshire
Category:People educated at The Dragon School