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Peter joined
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Volunteering
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Rugby Club, coaching the same team for over six years as the lads grew older. Many of the lads who first played together in 1975 as kids would play together at senior level for many years.
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where he did his two-year service. Here he represented The Royal
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and a galaxy of
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footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s who played
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