| Full name | Roger Carl Brandon Michaelson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 March 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porthcawl, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Clifton College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Christ's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Roger Carl Brandon Michaelson (born 31 March 1941) is a Welsh former international rugby union player.
Michaelson was born in Porthcawl and educated in England, at Clifton College and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1]
A number eight, Michaelson captained the Cambridge varsity XV. He also played for Averavon and London Welsh during his career, while winning one Wales cap, in a home loss to England in the 1963 Five Nations Championship.[2][3]
Michaelson ran a fruit and veg business in Kent for many years.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Roger Michaelson - Back row". aberavonwizards.co.uk.
- ^ "The confessions of a beaten Welshman". The Daily Telegraph. 14 January 1991.
- ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
- ^ Keating, Frank (6 December 2011). "University match greybeards gather to relive timeless battle of '61". The Guardian.