Richard Sharp (rugby union)
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Richard Adrian William Sharp Template:Post-nominals (9 September 1938 – 3 November 2025) was an English rugby union player. Born in India during the British Raj, his family moved to Cornwall, England, where he was educated at Montpelier School, Paignton and Blundell's School in the neighbouring county of Devon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a player at Redruth R.F.C., Wasps FC, Bristol FC<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and for England (14 caps) as fly-half and captain. He played for England while at Oxford<ref>Balliol Old members Template:Webarchive</ref> and led England to the Five Nations title in 1963.<ref>RFU Wall of Fame Template:Webarchive</ref> He played cricket for Cornwall in the Minor Counties Championship between 1957 and 1970.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1986 New Year Honours, for services to Sport, particularly in the South West.<ref>UK list: Template:London Gazette</ref>
Bernard Cornwell named the fictional character Richard Sharpe after him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sharp died on 3 November 2025, at the age of 87.<ref>Tributes paid to former Cornwall and England rugby star Cornish Times</ref>
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- Oxford Alumni
- The Book of English International Rugby 1871–1982
- Hammers of the Scots, The Daily Telegraph, 1 February 2007
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- 1938 births
- 2025 deaths
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Bristol Bears players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Cornwall RFU players
- Cornwall cricketers
- England international rugby union players
- English cricketers
- English rugby union players
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Oxford University RFC players
- People educated at Blundell's School
- Rugby union players from Redruth
- Sportspeople from Cornwall
- Wasps RFC players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- 20th-century English sportsmen