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Date of birth | 8 September 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Victor Eriakpo Ubogu (born 8 September 1964) is a rugby player known for playing in the Bath and England rugby union.
In 1977, after arriving in the United Kingdom from Lagos, Nigeria, he attended West Buckland School in Devon. He received the school's top award, the Fortescue Medal. While at the school, he played for England Under 18s. He went on to the University of Birmingham to study chemical engineering. While at university, he played for Moseley. He went on to St Anne's College, Oxford, where he was selected to play with the University of Oxford RFC and achieved his Blue. After leaving Oxford, he joined Bath Rugby. He started for Bath in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive. [1] In 1992, he became a prop for the England national rugby union team, where he remained until 1999.
Ubogu founded the "Shoeless Joe's" chain of sports bars. [2] In 2001, Ubogu appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. [3] Since 2004, he has run a high-end travel and sporting hospitality company, using his initials as its name.