Robin Godfrey
| Full name | Robin Patrick Godfrey | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 September 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tilbury, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Stonyhurst College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
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Robin Patrick Godfrey (born 16 September 1931) is an English-born Ireland international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Tilbury, Essex, Godfrey attended Stonyhurst College and was a member of their team which won a public schools sevens title. He was an England Schoolboys representative player. While studying at Trinity College Dublin, Godfrey would return to Lancashire during his vacations to play with the Waterloo club.[2]
Godfrey is of Irish descent on both sides of his family and prior to his Ireland caps had represented Munster against the 1953–54 All Blacks. He was capped twice for Ireland in 1954, debuting against Scotland at Belfast.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Will is be Rimmer at fly half?". Liverpool Daily Post. 5 September 1956.
- ^ "Waterloo's Irish Cap". Liverpool Echo. 20 February 1954.
- ^ "Park double feature in Ireland". Liverpool Daily Post. 16 February 1954.
External links
[edit]- Robin Godfrey at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- English people of Irish descent
- Rugby union players from Essex
- People from Tilbury
- Rugby union centres
- People educated at Stonyhurst College
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Waterloo F.C. players
- Munster Rugby players