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Bob Weighill was born on 9 September 1920 in Kings Norton.
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He also captained his country and later became Secretary of the Rugby Football Union. Weighill served in the Royal Air Force and rose to the rank of Air Commodore. Weighill served with Cheshire Constabulary between 1937 and 1941 and joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot.
In 1944 he was awarded the and he eventually rose to the rank of Air Commodore and commanded the Royal Air Force Number.
1 School of Technical Training at Royal Air Force Halton. He was honoured as a Commander of the British Empire in 1970.
Weighill played club rugby for Birkenhead Park, Waterloo R.F.C., Harlequins and Leicester while at representative level he captained the Royal Air Force rugby team from 1945 to 1952 and captained the Combined Services side and the N ottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbys county team He made his international debut on 15 March 1947 at Twickenham in the England vs Scotland match.
Of the 4 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 2 occasions.
He played his final match for England on 29 March 1948 at Colombes in the France vs England match, in which he captained the national team As a rugby union administrator, Weighill was an England selector from 1959 and 1964 and Secretary of the RFU between 1974 and 1986. From 1986 to 1995 he was the Honorary Secretary of the Five Nations and Home Unions Committee.
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