Bertie Gotto Explained

Bertie Gotto
Full Name:Robert Porter Corry Gotto
Birth Date:20 January 1881
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position:Centre
Repyears1:1906
Repcaps1:1
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Robert Porter Corry Gotto (20 January 1881 — 5 August 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Belfast, Gotto was a maternal grandson of Conservative member of parliament Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet. He attended Campbell College and Uppingham School. A rugby player in his youth, Gotto was a three-quarter with North of Ireland and gained an Ireland cap against the touring 1906–07 Springboks.[1]

Gotto was twice mentioned in dispatches serving with the Royal Army Service Corps during World War I and in 1919 was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Military Division.[1]

A timber merchant, Gotto served as a commissioner for the Belfast Harbour Board and became deputy lieutenant for Belfast in 1947. He was further honoured in 1952 with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[2] [1]

Gotto was the father of Ireland Davis Cup tennis player Robert Vivian Gotto.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Chairman of Belfast Company . . 5 August 1960.
  2. News: Honour board tribute to Mr. R. P. C. Gotto . Belfast Telegraph . 8 August 1960.