Robert Lyle (rugby union)
| Full name | Robert Knox Lyle | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 June 1884 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Antrim, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 June 1968 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Knox Lyle (22 June 1884 — 25 June 1968) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Lyle was born at Muckamore Manse in Antrim and attended Dublin's St Andrew's College.[1]
A centre three-quarter, Lyle played rugby for Dublin University during his studies at Trinity College, from where he gained his two Ireland caps, appearing against Wales and France.[2]
Lyle went to Princeton Theological Seminary in the United States. After being ordained in 1913, Lyle served as a missionary in Manchuria. He was a minister at Greystones, County Wicklow from 1927 to 1952, as well as a one-time Moderator of Dublin Synod of the Presbyterian Church.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-Dublin Synod Moderator". Belfast Telegraph. 25 June 1968.
- ^ "Our Third International". Dublin Daily Express. 12 March 1910.
- ^ "Obituary". Belfast News-Letter. 26 June 1968.
External links
[edit]- Robert Lyle at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1968 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Antrim, County Antrim
- Rugby union players from County Antrim
- Rugby union centres
- Dublin University Football Club players
- People educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin
- Princeton Theological Seminary alumni
- 20th-century Irish clergy
- Irish Presbyterian missionaries