Paul William Dodge is a former English rugby union international footballer who gained 32 caps for his country between 1978 and 1985. His Leicester Tigers career earned him 436 appearances. Dodge started playing for his local club, Syston RFC from where he progressed to join Tigers as a youth player and as a 17-year old, made his first team debut in the annual Christmas fixture against the Barbarians. His England debut came 2 years later. With Clive Woodward he formed a centre partnership that played for Tigers, England and the British Lions tour to South Africa in 1980. In 1985 he captained England 8 times and captained Tigers in the '87/88 season. After retiring he became Leicester backs coach between '93 and '96 before becoming an academy coach in '98. His elder son Alex Dodge plays at outside centre and after much success in the Tigers Development XV, was promoted to the Leicester first team squad for the 2005/6 Guinness Premiership season, making 2 appearances from the bench. He is now a regular first team player for Nottingham RFC in National League One. 

May 26th, 1958 in Leicester (Age 65)