About Colin McFadyean
Lived 1943 – 2025 (aged 82). Colin McFadyean was a British rugby union player.
Colin William McFadyean (; 11 March 1943 – 15 March 2025) was an England international rugby union player and captain.
Biography McFadyean was born in Tavistock, Devon, England on 11 March 1943. He was capped eleven times for England between 1966 and 1968, nine times as a centre and twice on the wing and captained England in his last two internationals in 1968. He scored four tries for England, including two in one game against in March 1967, and also scored one dropped goal for England.
He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, playing in all four internationals against the All Blacks and scoring one try.
McFadyean played club rugby for Moseley.
McFadyean died from pneumonia and sepsis on 15 March 2025, at the age of 82.
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English rugby union footballer
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Colin McFadyean was born on 11 March 1943 in Tavistock.
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Colin McFadyean died on 17 March 2025 in Delhi.
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Colin McFadyean was a rugby union player.
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