This story uncovers the distinguished but forgotten rugby career of Eric Bole. Those who knew him will enjoy learning about the athletic experiences that helped shape him into the influential schoolteacher, coach, and Christian Science practitioner and teacher of his later years. Rugby fans will enjoy learning about Bole's rugby career, which spanned the 1940s. Bole played for the England national team in the Victory Internationals, won three County Championships with Lancashire, and captained the Cambridge University rugby team for two years. He played with and against some of the greatest of the game.