Archibald Heron (rugby union)
| Full name | Archibald George Heron | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 October 1875 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | County Down, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 January 1942 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | County Down, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Archibald George Heron (21 October 1875 — 1 January 1942) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Heron, the son of a reverend, was one of four siblings. His father was a professor at Assembly's College in Belfast. He attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, where he had four years with the first XV, earning Ulster Schools representative honours in 1893 and 1894, before taking up a scholarship to Queen's College Belfast. In 1901, Heron was capped for Ireland in a match against England at Lansdowne Road in 1901.[1]
A medical doctor, Heron was a civil surgeon during the Second Boer War and was also served in World War I, with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He otherwise was based in County Down, working as a medical officer.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dr A. G. Heron, Dromara". Belfast News-Letter. 2 January 1941.
- ^ "M.O. Of Crossgar District". Banbridge Chronicle. 4 January 1941.
External links
[edit]- Archibald Heron at ESPNscrum
- 1875 births
- 1942 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from County Down
- Rugby union forwards
- Queen's University RFC players
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
- British military personnel of the Second Boer War
- Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I