Anthony Roncoroni

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| name = Anthony Roncoroni

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| full_name = {{nowrap|Anthony Dominic Sebastian Roncoroni}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|03|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hendon, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|07|20|1909|03|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex, England

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| school = Rossall School

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1933

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 3

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Major Anthony Dominic Sebastian Roncoroni (16 March 1909 – 20 July 1953) was a British Army officer and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.

Roncoroni, one of four brothers, was born in London and educated at Rossall School in Lancashire.{{cite news |title=Escaped From Nazis In Italy |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000768/19431101/039/0002 |work=Birmingham Mail |date=1 November 1943}}

A forward, Roncoroni played for West Herts, Richmond, East Midlands and was capped three times for England in the 1933 Home Nations Championship. His rugby career was ended by the war.{{cite news |title=M. C. For Rugby International |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19450831/061/0006 |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=31 August 1945}}

Roncoroni served as a Royal Artillery with the 7th Medium Regiment during World War II. He was held as a German prisoner of war at a camp in Italy, from which he successfully escaped, trekking over 400 miles to the safety of the British lines.{{cite news |title=Sussex Death Of Former Rugby Cap |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001720/19530722/144/0007 |work=Sussex Daily News |date=22 July 1953}} In 1945, Roncoroni was awarded a Military Cross for his wartime leadership and service.{{cite news |title=Fulham Officer Wins M.C. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000437/19450713/011/0001 |work=West London Observer |date=13 July 1945}}