Jorge Stewart
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| Date of birth | c.1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorge Stewart was an Argentine rugby union footballer, president of San Isidro Club.[1] and vice president of the Argentine Rugby Union.[2]
Career
[edit]Stewart was born in Buenos Aires around 1900. In the 1920s, he began his career in the Club Atlético San Isidro. In 1935 was sanctioned together with other San Isidro players, by the executive committee of the CASI. That same year he participated in the founding of the SIC. Stewart was the captain of the team in 1936.[3]
On May 3, 1936, the San Isidro Club played its first match against Olivos Rugby Club, with a score 7–6 in favor of Olivos.[4] He also played for the national team, his first test match was against South Africa, on July 16, 1932.[5]
Jorge Stewart was president of the San Isidro Club, between April 26, 1950, and May 10, 1954.
Titles
[edit]- Torneo de la URBA (5): 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1939
References
[edit]- ^ Presidentes del club, San Isidro Club
- ^ Memoria y Balance (PDF), Argentine Rugby Union, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03
- ^ Capitanes de la 1ra división, San Isidro Club
- ^ SIC: el alumbramiento, La Nación
- ^ Jorge Stewart:Argentina, ESPN