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| Full name | Victor Sydney James Harding | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 June 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Southwark, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 November 2017 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Marylebone Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
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Victor Sydney James Harding (18 June 1932 – 24 November 2017) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Southwark, Harding was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and the University of Cambridge, where he won three rugby blues.[1] He also played rugby for Middlesex, Sale, Saracens and the Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
Harding, a lock, was capped six times by England during the early 1960s while a Saracens player. He debuted against France in the 1961 Five Nations Championship and scored England's only try in a 5–5 draw.[3]
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- ^ "John Price out of England XV". The Guardian Journal. 23 February 1961.
- ^ "Sale Build Up Their Power Still Further". Liverpool Echo. 26 August 1961.
- ^ "New cap Hardings gets the vital try for England". Sunday Mercury. 26 February 1961.