Alfred Atkins | |
Full Name: | Alfred Patrick Atkins |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1900 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Biddenham, England |
Position: | Three-quarter |
Repyears1: | 1924 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Alfred Patrick Atkins (9 April 1900 — 25 March 1979) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Atkins was born in Dublin and educated at Belvedere College. During World War I, Atkins served with the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot and was badly injured in a plane crash.[2]
A three-quarter, Atkins was a noted place kicker and played for Bective Rangers. He scored a try from the wing in his only appearance for Ireland, a win over France at Lansdowne Road in 1923.[3]