About Colin Bishop
Lived 1903 – 1980 (aged 76). Colin Bishop was a rugby union player.
Colin Charles Bishop (5 October 1903 – 4 March 1980) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Hampstead, Bishop was primarily a stand-off, but also played centre.
Bishop gained a Cambridge University rugby blue in 1925 and also played for Blackheath. He won his solitary England cap against France in a 1927 Five Nations match in Paris, forming a halfback partnership with his Blackheath and varsity teammate Arthur Young, but they could not make an impact in a 0–3 loss.
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Colin Bishop was born on 5 October 1903.
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Colin Bishop died on 4 March 1980.
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Colin Bishop was a rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Colin Bishop. https://biography.guide/colin-bishop/
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