William Moore (rugby union)
| Full name | William David Moore | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Connor, County Antrim, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 January 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Virginia Water, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Physician | ||||||||||||||||
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William David Moore was an Irish international rugby union player.
Moore was born in Connor, County Antrim, and while a Queen's College Belfast varsity player was capped as a forward for Ireland in a match against England at Lansdowne Road in 1878.[1]
A medical graduate of the Royal University of Ireland, Moore got his licentiate from the Royal College of Physicians in 1888 and for many years was the medical superintendent of Holloway Sanatorium in Virginia Water, Surrey.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish Fifteen". Irish Times. 11 March 1878.
- ^ "Irish Doctor's Death". Ballymena Observer. 5 February 1926.
External links
[edit]- William Moore at ESPNscrum