Peter Dixon

Peter-John Dixon (30 April 1944 – 2 August 2023) was an England international rugby union player.

He played for Cumberland at county level alongside David Robinson and Butler in the back row and with Cowman at fly half.

The northern section of the county championship found him playing against Gosforth and later England colleague Roger Utley and against Alan Old and Warfield (Yorkshire) and Tony Neary, Fran Cotton, Bill Beaumont and Mike Slemen (Lancashire).

[2] He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the victorious British and Irish Lions, playing in the first, second and fourth test matches.

[3] Peter Dixon died of brain cancer in Cumbria, on 2 August 2023, at the age of 79.