Chris Rea

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1943 –

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Who is Chris Rea?

Christopher William Wallace Rea is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was capped 13 times for Scotland, scoring three tries, including the winning try in the 1971 Calcutta Cup.

He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions, scoring three tries. At the time played club rugby for Headingley Football Club in Leeds having previously played for West of Scotland F.C..

He became a sports journalist, working for the BBC amongst others, and became Head of Marketing at the MCC and then IRB Communications Manager in 2000.

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Born
Oct 22, 1943

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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