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Peter George Derek Robbins, also known as P. G. D. Robbins, was an international rugby union player who earned 19 caps playing for England. ==Life== Robbins was born in Coventry on 21 September 1933, with his twin David, the eighth and ninth children of twelve by Charles and Jessamine Robbins.〔Michael Blair "Life at One Hundred miles an hour – A biography of P.G.D. Robbins (G & A Publishing, Ludlow)〕 He was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford,〔〔(Moseley Rugby Club ) Internationals〕 with National Service in the Royal Air Force Regiment in between.〔 After university, he took a position as a French and Latin teacher at King Edward's School, Birmingham from 1958 to 1968, before going into commerce.〔〔(Chronicle )( King Edward's School, Birmingham) May 1968 page 10〕 After several employments he eventually set up his own company, West Midlands Cleaning Services in 1979.〔 He was also a public speaker and a writer, being Rugby correspondent for the Financial Times.〔〔 He married Eileen, whom he met while she was still at school, in September 1958 and they had two children, Richard and Helen.〔 Along with many other rugby players he was a keen golfer, and it became his main sporting activity after he finished playing rugby.〔 He liked jazz music and played the double bass.〔〔 He died 25 March 1987 in the Priory Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham of a cerebral haemorrhage.〔〔(ESPN Scrum ) England Players and Officials: Peter Robbins.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Robbins (rugby player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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