# Robin Prescott

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{{Short description|British Lions & England international rugby union player}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name           = Robin Prescott
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = Robert Edward Prescott
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1913|04|05|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Paddington](/source/Paddington), England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1975|05|18|1913|04|05|df=y}}
| death_place    = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth%2C_Devon), England
| height         =
| weight         =
| occupation     = Solicitor
| school         =
| university     = [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford)
| relatives      = [Curly Hammond](/source/Curly_Hammond) (uncle)
| position       = Prop
| repyears1      = 1936
| repteam1       = {{nrut|British Lions}}
| repcaps1       =
| reppoints1     =
| repyears2      = 1937–39
| repteam2       = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps2       = 6
| reppoints2     = 3
}}
'''Robert Edward Prescott''' (5 April 1913 – 18 May 1975) was an English international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.

Prescott was born in [Paddington](/source/Paddington), London in 1913. His father Ernest was a solicitor who had a period as president of the [Rugby Football Union](/source/Rugby_Football_Union) during the 1920s and his mother was the sister of ex-England forward [Curly Hammond](/source/Curly_Hammond).<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Mr. Ernest Prescott |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/809120366 |work=[The Surrey Advertiser, County Times](/source/Surrey_Advertiser) |date=4 February 1933}}</ref>

An Oxford blue, Prescott was a wing-forward in the 1932 [Varsity Match](/source/The_Varsity_Match), then developed into a prop during his time with [Harlquins](/source/Harlequin_FC), as the club had a surplus of wing-forwards. He also competed for Marlborough, which he captained. In 1936, Prescott toured Argentina with the [British Lions](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions). He featured as a prop for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) from 1937 to 1939, earning six caps.<ref name="Cherry">{{cite news |last1=Cherry |first1=Rupert |title=R. E. Prescott - Great Man Of Rugby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750578413 |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=22 May 1975}}</ref>

Prescott, a [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth%2C_Devon) solicitor, also followed his father into rugby administration. He served as an England selector for 10 years and in 1962 succeeded [Doug Prentice](/source/Doug_Prentice) as Rugby Football Union secretary.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robin Prescott New Secretary of R.U. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/787172958 |work=[Coventry Evening Telegraph](/source/Coventry_Evening_Telegraph) |date=8 October 1962}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of England national rugby union players](/source/List_of_England_national_rugby_union_players)
*[List of British & Irish Lions players](/source/List_of_British_%26_Irish_Lions_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|4402}}

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Category:1913 births
Category:1975 deaths
Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
Category:Rugby union players from London
Category:Rugby union props
Category:English rugby union executives
Category:Oxford University RFC players
Category:People from Paddington
Category:Harlequin F.C. players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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