Hugh Wilson (rugby union)
| Full name | Hugh Gilmer Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 April 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rashee, County Antrim, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 January 1941 (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Larne, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Gilmer Wilson (11 April 1879 — 13 January 1941) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Hailing from Rashee, near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Wilson played for Malone RFC and was capped 18 times for Ireland as a forward from 1905 to 1910. He also played rugby with Glasgow University during his tertiary studies.[1]
Wilson enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles in World War I.[2]
A doctor, Wilson spent much of his medical career as a ship's surgeon and was also a recreational yachtsman, once surviving being stranded on the Irish Sea for fours days until finding his way to shore.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Capped 18 Times For Ireland". Larne Times. 18 January 1941.
- ^ "Dr. H. G. Wilson, Larne". Belfast News-Letter. 15 January 1941.
External links
[edit]- Hugh Wilson at ESPNscrum