Full name | John Noel Pallant | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 December 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | High Pavement Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough College | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | School teacher | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Noel Pallant (born 24 December 1944) is an English former international rugby union player. [1]
Pallant, a native of Nottingham, was educated at High Pavement Grammar School and won an All England schoolboy hammer-throwing title in 1961, setting a competition record with his throw of 159 ft 3+1⁄2 in (48.552 m). [2]
A number eight, Pallant played his rugby for Nottingham and Loughborough Students. He gained three England caps in the 1967 Five Nations Championship, debuting against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. [3]
Pallant was Director of Sport at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood. [4]