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Albert Freear
Full nameAlbert Edward Freear
Date of birth1878 (1878)
Place of birthSalford, Lancashire, England
Date of death25 August 1960 (aged 82)
Place of deathMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1901 Ireland 3 (3)

Albert Edward Freear (1878 — 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]

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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby Football". Evening News. Waterford. 23 February 1901.
  2. ^ "Fast Men On The Wings". South Wales Echo. 16 March 1901.
  3. ^ "Hull's Importations". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 1 October 1904.
  4. ^ "Hull Player's Downfall". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 1908.
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