William Joseph Stewart (24 September 1900 — 1 February 1959) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | William Joseph Stewart | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 September 1900 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boghill, Coleraine, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 February 1959 (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Stalmine, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Raised in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Stewart attended Coleraine Academical Institution and studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast. He was a fullback, capped 10 times for Ireland through the 1920s. His career career included a period in England, where he played for the Preston Grasshoppers and Lancashire.[1]
Stewart, a doctor, worked in British India with the Indian Medical Service from 1933 until independence in 1947, then had a general practice for a number of years in the Lancashire district of Over Wyre.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Doctor was 10 times on Ireland rugby team". Belfast Telegraph. 4 February 1959.
- ^ "Doctor Dies Suddenly At Stalmine". Lancashire Evening Post. 2 February 1959.
External links
edit- Joe Stewart at ESPNscrum