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22:(born 1944 (age 79–80)) is an English rugby union coach and a former player. He played as a scrum-half for Sedgley Park RUFC. Professionally, he was a research scientist heading the pollution and Toxicology Unit at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in West Vancouver.
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Birtwell played rugby union for
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