Robert Stevenson (rugby union, born 1866)
| Date of birth | 27 March 1866 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 August 1960 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Stevenson (27 March 1866 — 26 August 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Stevenson attended the Royal School Dungannon and was employed at his father's linen factory, which he took over at the end of his playing career.[1]
Stevenson, a forward, was capped 14 times for Ireland as a forward from 1887 to 1893. He captained Ireland in a 1891 Home Nations match against Wales in Llanelli and served as president of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1912–13. His younger brother James was also an Ireland player.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Oldest Irish Rugby International". Belfast Telegraph. 26 August 1960.
- ^ "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
- ^ "Nineteenth Century Irish Rugby international, Robert Stevenson". digitalfilmarchive.net.
External links
[edit]- Robert Stevenson at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1866 births
- 1960 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Ireland national rugby union team captains
- Rugby union forwards
- Rugby union players from County Tyrone
- Sportspeople from Dungannon
- Dungannon RFC players
- Irish rugby union administrators
- People educated at the Royal School Dungannon