Alan Brinn

Alan Brinn (21 July 1940 — 9 February 2022) was an English rugby union international.

Alan Brinn

Date of birth	(1940-07-21)21 July 1940
Place of birth	Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales
Date of death	9 February 2022(2022-02-09) (aged 81)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1960–77 Gloucester 574 (164) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1972 England 3 (0)

Brinn was born in Ystrad, Wales and played his early rugby union with Hereford, before debuting for Gloucester in 1960, where he made a club record 574 appearances, mostly as a second-row forward. He played in Gloucester's 1971–72 RFU Knockout Cup title win and made six successive County Championship finals while representing Gloucestershire.^[1]

Playing as a lock, Brinn gained three caps for England in the 1972 Five Nations Championship.^[2]

Brinn later served as Gloucester chairman and was an associate national selector for England Rugby. He lived with wife Margaret in Gloucester for many years and ran a sport outfitting store in Eastgate Street, Gloucester.^[3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players