Ned Lightfoot
| Full name | Edward John Lightfoot | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 November 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 March 1981 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Castleknock College | ||||||||||||||||
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Edward John Lightfoot (29 November 1907 — 25 March 1981) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Lightfoot played in the first XV at Castleknock College and played his senior rugby for Lansdowne.[1]
Lightfoot was capped 11 times for Ireland, debuting in the 1931 Five Nations. This included a match against the touring 1931–32 Springboks, as part of an All-Lansdowne three-quarter line, alongside Morgan Crowe, Eugene Davy and his Castleknock teammate Jack Arigho. He scored two tries in Ireland's win over Scotland at Murrayfield in 1932.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Year of the fabulous cup double". Dublin Evening Herald. 20 March 1986.
- ^ "Celtic To The Core". Leicester Evening Mail. 3 January 1934.
- ^ "After the rough early days side now 'civilised'". Irish Independent. 9 January 1988.
External links
[edit]- Ned Lightfoot at ESPNscrum