Alan Gerald Bernard Old

Alan Gerald Bernard Old

Alan Gerald Bernard Old was born in Middlesborough on 23 September 1945 and educated at Acklam Hall Grammar School and London University. He qualified as a teacher and later became a college principal. He played at fly-half for Middlesborough, Leicester and Sheffield and at county level for Yorkshire. After playing for the North-East Counties against New Zealand in 1972 and Australia in 1975, he was a member of the Northern Divison XV that defeated the All Blacks 21-9 in 1979. Between 1972 and 1978 Alan Old scored 98 points in 16 internationals for England. On the 1974 British Isles' tour of South Africa he scored 59 points in four matches, including a record 37 points against South-West Districts, before an injury cut short his tour. He captained the Barbarians twice in 1975 - against Cardiff and Swansea.