John Hartley Smith (27 July 1926 — 1 November 2006) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | John Hartley Smith | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dungannon, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 November 2006 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Vancouver, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Methodist College Belfast | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Queen's University Belfast | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Smith was educated at Methodist College Belfast and Queen's University Belfast, where he attained a medical degree. He played rugby for Collegians, London Irish, Queen's University RFC and Ulster.[1]
Smith won 12 Ireland caps as a prop, playing all matches in their title-winning 1951 Five Nations campaign.[1]
Married to a Canadian, Smith immigrated to Vancouver and held high-ranking positions in the British Columbia Ministry of Health, while remaining involved in rugby as an administrator.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Obits- John Hartley Smith - QUB". alumni.qub.ac.uk.
- ^ "Ireland rugby star to wed". Belfast Telegraph. 22 March 1954.
- ^ "Deaths". The Vancouver Sun. 4 November 2006. p. J7.
External links
edit- John Smith at ESPNscrum