Harry Havelock (rugby union)
| Full name | Henry Havelock | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hartlepool, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 May 1923 (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hull, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Henry Havelock (1879 – 1923) was an English international rugby union player.
Powerfully-built, Havelock was a Hartlepool and Durham County player, capped three times for England as a wing-forward in 1908. He thereafter played rugby league, joining Hull in the 1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season.[1]
Havelock served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I.[2]
Employed as a joiner, Havelock died of blood poisoning in 1923 after grazing his leg while working at Alexandra Dock.[3]
Havelock's son, P. H. W. Havelock, was a soccer player for several Football League clubs.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Football Features". Hull Daily Mail. 9 September 1908.
- ^ "Footballer and Soldier". Hull Daily Mail. 17 May 1923.
- ^ "A Former Hull Forward". Hull Daily Mail. 14 May 1923.
- ^ "Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 10 October 1925.
External links
[edit]- Harry Havelock at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1879 births
- 1923 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- English rugby league players
- Footballers who switched code
- Hull F.C. players
- Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Deaths from blood disease
- Rugby union players from Hartlepool
- Rugby league players from County Durham
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Hartlepool Rovers players
- Durham County RFU players