Alexander Obelensky, Rugby Player

Alexander Obelensky (1916-1940)

Rugby Player

Prince Alexander Obolensky was a member of an exiled Russian family. He already had a reputation as a Rugby player when he came up to Brasenose in 1934 and he played for the University and for England whilst he was an undergraduate.

He joined the R.A.F. at the beginning of World War II and was killed in a flying accident in March 1940, the first Brasenose man to die on active service in that war.