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English rugby union player

Rugby player

Ian Beer

Full name

Ian David Stafford Beer

Date of birth

(1931-04-28) 28 April 1931 (age 93)

Place of birth

Croydon, England

School

Whitgift School

University

University of Cambridge

Notable relative(s)

Stafford Beer (brother)

Occupation(s)

Schoolmaster

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Back-row
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1955	England	2	(3)

Ian David Stafford Beer CBE (born 28 April 1931) is an English former international rugby union player and schoolmaster.

Born in Croydon, Beer is the younger brother of academic Stafford Beer and attended Whitgift School, where he learned his rugby, before studying for a zoology degree at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Beer, a back-row forward, gained three Cambridge blues and captained them to victory in the 1954 Varsity Match. He also captained a combined Oxford-Cambridge side on a 1954 tour of North America. Capped twice, Beer played as a number eight for England in the 1955 Five Nations, debuting against France at Twickenham. In his second match, Beer scored the decisive try to prevent Scotland from securing the triple crown. He played for Harlequins until being appointed to a teaching position at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, after which he played for Bath.

Beer was appointed headmaster of Ellesmere College at 29 and remained in the role through the 1960s. He then took over as Lancing College headmaster and, in 1981, replaced Michael Hoban as headmaster of Harrow School. After retiring in 1991, Beer had a term as Rugby Football Union president, serving from 1993 to 1994.

References

"Beer aiming to lift spirit of the game". The Citizen. 21 July 1993.
"Ian Beer as next skipper?". Croydon Advertiser. 11 March 1955.
"Scots Fail To Win Triple Crown". Sunday Sun. 20 March 1955.
"Beer Ian CBE". Bath Rugby Heritage.
"Twin pillars of great institutions follow the same path". The Daily Telegraph. 27 September 1993.

External links

Ian Beer at ESPNscrum

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To the First World War	1900-02: Francis Hugh Fox 1902-04: M Newsome 1904-07: G R Hill 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 Smith 1983-84: C R Jacobs 1984-85: A E Agar 1985-86: D W Shuttleworth 1986-87: A A Grimsdell 1987-88: John 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 2011-12: Willie Wildash 2012-13: Paul Murphy 2015-16: Jason Leonard 2016-17: Peter Baines 2017-18: John Spencer 2018-19: Chris Kelly 2019-20: Peter Wheeler 2020-22: Jeff Blackett 2022-23: Nigel Gillingham 2023-24: Rob Briers

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