Captain to Trustee, Lockyer’s been a Chief for 50 years

Colin Boag continues his series on Super Fans, this week Exeter player turned supporter John Lockyer

John Lockyer’s association with Exeter Chiefs goes back 50 years, as player, supporter, Trustee of the club, and a match summariser with BBC Radio Devon.
He started out with local club, Teignmouth, playing at hooker for the 1st XV aged 16.
“I turned out 150 times for them between 1965 and 1970 – the same club that Sam and Joe Simmonds came from, we’re all local Teign-mouth boys. I played a couple of times for Devon, and on the back of that was invited to join Exe...

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