Carol Isherwood
| Date of birth | 27 July 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Leigh, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Carol Isherwood OBE (born 27 July 1961) is an English former rugby union player and a founding member of the Rugby Football Union for Women. She captained Great Britain against France in 1986. She then captained England in their first game against Wales a year later.[1]
Isherwood was born in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. She first became involved in rugby in 1981 while studying at Leeds University when she set up a women’s team. Carol graduated from Leeds in History 1982, followed by a PGCE in 1984.[2] Isherwood was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to women's rugby.[3][4] Isherwood was the first woman appointed to the IRB Rugby Committee in September 2009.[5] She was one of the first six women inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in November 2014.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Skysports.com (18 November 2014). "Rugby: Former England duo Gill Burns and Carol Isherwood inducted into IRB Hall of Fame". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Carol Isherwood - World Rugby - Hall of Fame".
- ^ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 11.
- ^ Kate Clements (January 2010). "Isherwood's influence felt around the globe". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ Michael Long (2 September 2009). "IRB names Isherwood the first lady of rugby". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ Englandrugby.com (18 November 2014). "England legends join IRB Hall of Fame". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ World Rugby (18 November 2014). "2014 inductee - Carol Isherwood". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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