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Micky Steele-Bodger Full name Michael Roland Steele-Bodger Date of birth 4 September 1925 Place of birth Tamworth, England School Rugby School University Cambridge University, & Edinburgh Occupation(s) Veterinarian Rugby union career Playing career Position Flanker Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) Harlequins
BarbariansNational team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1947–1948 
England9 0 Michael Roland "Micky" Steele-Bodger CBE (born 4 September 1925) is a former English rugby union footballer who played flanker for Harlequins, England and the Barbarians, and is currently the President of the Barbarian Football Club.
His father Harry Steele-Bodger was a noted veterinarian. He was educated at Rugby School, and Cambridge University, and played for Cambridge in The Varsity Match in 1945 and 1946. On graduation he studied at Edinburgh and he represented the Edinburgh University club for two full seasons. Steele-Bodger followed his father by becoming a veterinarian, as did his elder brother Alasdair Steele-Bodger who was also of the Edinburgh University club.
He gained 9 caps for England, playing in all 4 matches in the 1946-47 season and all 5 matches in the 1947-48 season. In his final international, against France in March 1948, Steele-Bodger had to move to scrum-half when Richard Madge left the field, despite suffering from concussion himself.[1] An anterior cruciate ligament injury ended his playing career however in 1949. Subsequently he was a selector for England and the Lions, President of the Rugby Football Union in 1973-74, and Chairman of the International Rugby Board.
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External links
- http://www.scrum.com/england/rugby/player/4912.html
- http://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s98/st113904.htm
Rugby Football Union Presidents To 1900 1871-74 : A Rutter • 1874-75 : F Stokes • 1875-76 : L J Maton • 1876-77, 1877-78 : C D Heatley • 1878-82 : A. G. Guillemard • 1882-84 : J Maclaren • 1884-86 : Frederick Currey • 1886-88 : L Stokes • 1888-89 : A Budd • 1889-90 : Harry Garnett • 1890-92 : E T Gurdon • 1892-94 : W Cail • 1894-96 : Roger Walker • 1896-98 : R W Whalley • 1898-1900 : J W H Thorp •
To the First World War 1900-02 : Francis Hugh Fox • 1902-04 : M Newsome • 1904-07 : G Rowland • 1907-09 : C A Crane • 1909-11 : T C Pring • 1911-13 : A M Crook • 1913-14 : A Hartley •
To the Second World War 1919-20 : A Hartley • 1920-22 : E Prescott • 1922-23 : R Henzell • 1923-24 : M F Waters • 1924-25 : W S Donne • 1925-26 : H E Ferens • 1926-27 : J Baxter • 1927-28 : P Royds • 1928-29 : V H Cartwright • 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32 : W T Pearce • 1932-33 : A D Stoop • 1933-34 : R F Oakes • 1934-35 : J Milnes • 1935-37 : J E Greenwood • 1937-39 : B A Hill • 1939-40 : G C Robinson •
To the Professional Era 1945-47 : J Daniell • 1947-48 : B C Hartley • 1948-49 : L G Brown • 1949-50 : E Watts • 1950-51 : W Wakefield • 1951-52 : H Cleaver • 1952-53 : P Holman • 1953-54 : J Brunton • 1954-55 : W C Ramsay • 1955 : L Clifford • 1955-56 : W B Gibbs • 1956-57 : L B "Ginger" Osborne • 1957-58 : A Marshall • 1958-59 : J Lawson • 1959-60 : J A Tallent • 1960-61 : A T Voyce • 1961-62 : R G S Hobbs • 1962-63 : C H Gadney • 1963-64 : A G Butler • 1964-65 : L Edwards • 1965-66 : A Walker • 1966-67 : D H Harrison • 1967-68 : J R Locker • 1968-69 : J T W Berry • 1969-70 : D T Kemp • 1970-71 : W Ramsay • 1971-72 : T A Kemp • 1972-73 : R M A Kingswell • 1973-74 : M R Steele-Bodger • 1974-75 : K H Chapman • 1975-76 : G Tarn • 1976-77 : R E G Jeeps • 1977-78 : A Wharton • 1978-79 : S R Couchman • 1979-80 : A W Ramsay • 1980-81 : J MACG Kendall-Carpenter • 1981-82 : D K Brooks • 1982-83 : J V Smiths • 1983-84 : C R Jacobs • 1984-85 : A E Agar • 1985-86 : D W Shuttleworth • 1986-87 : A A Grimsdell • 1987-88 : J Burgess • 1988-89 : J R Simpson • 1989-90 : D L Sanders • 1990-91 : M A Pearey • 1991-92 : P G Yarranton • 1992-93 : D D Serfontein • 1993-94 : I D S Beer • 1994-95 : D H Easby •
To the Present Day 1995-96 : W J Bishop • 1996-97 : J T Richardson • 1997-98 : P G Brook • 1998-99 : P C Trunkfield • 1999-2000 : J H Addison • 2000-01 : D P Rogers • 2001-02 : R S Manock • 2002-03 : W G D Morgan • 2003-04 : R W Horner • 2004-05 : M S Phillips • 2005-06 : L C K Angel • 2006-07 : R A G Rogers • 2007-08 : B Taylor • 2008-09 : Brian Williams 2009-10 : John Owen 2010-11 : Richard Appleby
Categories:- Living people
- Rugby union flankers
- 1925 births
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- English rugby union administrators
- Cambridge University rugby union players
- Old Rugbeians
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- English rugby union biography stubs
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