Arthur Wilson (rugby union)
Appearance
Birth name | Arthur James Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 December 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 July 1917 | (aged 30)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Flanders, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic medal record | ||
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1908 London | Team competition |
Arthur James Wilson (29 December 1886 - 1 July 1917)[1] was a British rugby union player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and represented the England national team.
He was a member of the British rugby union team, which won the silver medal.
See also
References
- ^ Arthur Wilson player profiles Scrum.com
External links
- Profile @ databaseolympics.com
Categories:
- 1886 births
- 1917 deaths
- 19th-century English people
- 19th-century sportsmen
- 20th-century English people
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Cornish rugby union players
- Deaths in Belgium
- England international rugby union players
- English military personnel
- English sportsmen
- Olympic rugby union players of Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne
- English rugby union biography stubs