Robert Stevenson (27 March 1866 — 26 August 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 27 March 1866 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 August 1960 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Stevenson attended the Royal School Dungannon and was employed at his father's linen factory, which he took over at the end of his playing career.[1]
Stevenson, a forward, was capped 14 times for Ireland as a forward from 1887 to 1893. He captained Ireland in a 1891 Home Nations match against Wales in Llanelli and served as president of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1912–13. His younger brother James was also an Ireland player.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Oldest Irish Rugby International". Belfast Telegraph. 26 August 1960.
- ^ "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
- ^ "Nineteenth Century Irish Rugby international, Robert Stevenson". digitalfilmarchive.net.
External links
edit- Robert Stevenson at ESPNscrum