Edward Wolfe (rugby union)
| Full name | Edward John Wolfe | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 August 1858 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Monaghan, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 February 1933 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Guernsey | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Priest | ||||||||||||||||
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Edward John Wolfe (4 August 1858 — 15 February 1933) was an Irish priest and international rugby union player.
The son of an archdeacon, Wolfe was born in Monaghan and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Wolfe played his rugby as a three-quarter and was capped once for Ireland, playing a match against England at Lansdowne Road in 1882. He also won an Irish Championship as a long jumper.[2]
Ordained in 1883, Wolfe held curacies around Ulster over the next seven years, until moving to England. He was the vicar of St Thomas Church in Telford from 1903 to 1922 and in his final years was vicar at St. John's Church, Guernsey.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rev. E. J. Wolfe". Streatham News. 17 February 1933.
- ^ "A Tyrone Clergyman". Belfast News-Letter. 24 February 1933.
- ^ "Obituary". Streatham News. 24 February 1933.
External links
[edit]- Edward Wolfe at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1858 births
- 1933 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- 20th-century Irish clergy
- Rugby union players from County Monaghan
- Sportspeople from Monaghan (town)
- Rugby union three-quarters
- Dublin University Football Club players
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Irish male long jumpers