- Date of Birth16 / 07 / 1913
- Lions Tours1936
- Lions Origin SchoolsCrypt School Gloucester
- Lions Origin ClubsGloucestershire, Gloucester Rugby
John Gordon A’Bear is one of a handful of Lions to have British & Irish Lions Test caps without ever representing his individual nation.
At 24, A’Bear became Gloucester's youngest-ever captain and the second row also represented his county between 1935 and 1939, winning the County Championship in 1937.
Despite winning a Test cap for the Lions against Argentina in 1936, he never turned out for England’s Red Rose.