Albert Edward Freear (1878 — 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
| Full name | Albert Edward Freear | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1878 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salford, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 August 1960 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Freear was born in Salford, Lancashire, and educated in Dublin, attending Sandymount Academical Institution.[2]
A wing three-quarter, Freear played for Dublin club Lansdowne, from where he attained his three Ireland caps in the 1901 Home Nations, scoring his only try against Wales at Swansea. He later captained professional rugby league team Hull FC, which he joined in 1904.[3]
Freear was handed a four-month prison sentence by a London court in 1908 on the charge of embezzlement, having pled guilty to stealing money from his employer. He subsequently immigrated to Australia.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rugby Football". Evening News. Waterford. 23 February 1901.
- ^ "Fast Men On The Wings". South Wales Echo. 16 March 1901.
- ^ "Hull's Importations". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 1 October 1904.
- ^ "Hull Player's Downfall". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 1908.
External links
edit- Arthur Freear at ESPNscrum