Peter Yarranton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPeter Yarranton
English rugby union player
Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1924
Place of Birth: Acton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jun-2003
Profession: rugby union player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Peter Yarranton
- Sir Peter George Yarranton (30 September 1924 – 1 June 2003) was chairman of the United Kingdom Sports Council from 1989 to 1994, and a notable figure in the world of rugby union, both as a player and as an administrator, for more than 40 years. He was born in Acton in London, the son of Edward John Yarranton (1884-1954) and Nora Ellen (née Atkins) (1900-1978), his father's second wife.
- His father had left the family's bookbinding business to become a senior commercial traveller for Winsor & Newton, the supplier of artists' materials.
- An older half-brother was Donald Yarranton, who found fame later in life as the actor Howard Lang, playing Captain Baines in The Onedin Line.
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