Robert Warren (rugby union)
| Full name | Robert Gibson Warren | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 September 1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | County Meath, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 November 1940 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Robert Gibson Warren (4 September 1865 — 19 November 1940) was an Irish international rugby union player.
A native of County Meath, Warren was capped 15 times as a halfback for Ireland between 1885 and 1890, captaining the team for most of their matches from 1887 until his retirement. He then served Irish rugby for the next 50 years as a IRFU committeeman, which included a term as president in 1895–96.[1]
Warren, a solicitor, was president of the Incorporated Law Society.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Capped 15 Times". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 20 November 1940.
- ^ "Former Rugby International". Belfast News-Letter. 20 November 1940.
External links
[edit]- Robert Warren at ESPNscrum