Arthur Gilbert Bull


Dr. Arthur Gilbert Bull MRCS LRCP, also known as A.G. Bull, was an England rugby international and Captain of Northampton Saints in 1924.

Life

Arthur Gilbert Bull was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1890. He was baptised on 13 July 1890 at Hardingstone in the County of Northamptonshire, the son of Arthur Bull of Leicestershire and Annie Bull of Inverness-shire. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.
Bull’s only game for England was against Wales at Twickenham on 17 January 1914. He played club rugby for Northampton and was captain of the team in 1924. Bull also played for Leicester Tigers in the 1918-1919 season following the end of the First World War.
Bull trained as a doctor and was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians. He died in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire on 15 March 1963.