George Boots
Athlete
1874 – 1928
Who was George Boots?
John George Boots was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Monmouthshire. He won 16 caps for Wales.
Boots was seen as a consistent player with a superb positional sense who would tackle hard and smother the loose ball; his passing skill was strong as was his catching and dribbling. Boots was not a flair player but was a good 'spoiler' and could turn defence into attack, giving backs, such as Nicholls and Lloyd, a platform to run in tries. Boots had an exceptionally long rugby career, in spite of being on his death bed in 1908 with acute pleurisy.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1874
Aberbeeg - Lived in
- Aberbeeg
- Died
- Dec 29, 1928
Newport, Wales
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on July 23, 2013
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