FORMER Kidlington FC manager Martin O’Connell, who an outstanding all-round sportsman, died this week aged 71.
O’Connell’s greatest achievement was on the rugby field.
In 1956, in his last year at Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, the 15-year-old became the first – and only – Oxfordshire boy to captain the England Schoolboys XV.
He also played football cricket and was a member of the Oxford Schools’ athletics team in the discus and shot.
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