With the 150th Season of Sunderland RFC do we all know the deep and rich history our club has?
Here is the link to an article our club historian, Kieth Gregson, wrote about books recently found in Alan Beans Library.
Our Club features in many of the World Rugby Museum Articles thanks to all the work Keith puts into archiving and uncovering our rich history. Over the next couple of months we will be posting more history articles on the club site.
https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/uncategorized/whats-in-a-referees-library
Who was Alan Bean?
"Alan Bean (1902 - 1985) was a life-long contributor to Sunderland Cricket and (Rugby) Football Club. He was also a key figure in the development of national and international Rugby Union. A well-known referee, he served on the International Panel up to 1950 then acted as a member of the Referees Advisory Panel - a panel which he eventually chaired.
More significant perhaps was his initial writing of the referee's handbook The Art of Refereeing - a booklet he helped to revise as late as 1975. For most of his later life, he was President of the Sunderland Club (known today as Ashbrooke Sports Club)."