Rex Armstrong

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Reginald “Rex” Armstrong OBE (6 December 1897 – 17 February 1968) was an English rugby union player who played as a prop. He played one match for England in 1925. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and trained as a doctor at Newcastle University Medical School. He played for Durham Medicals, Northumberland, and the Barbarians. During World War II he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was awarded the OBE in 1944. In 1967 he became the first doctor in the UK to describe Foot-and-mouth disease in humans. He died in Morpeth. He was the grandfather of comedian and television presenter Alexander Armstrong.