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Full Name: | Charles Robert Arthur Graves |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1909 |
Birth Place: | Valentia, Co. Kerry, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Occupation: | Bank manager |
Position: | Hooker |
Repyears1: | 1934–38 |
Repcaps1: | 15 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Repyears2: | 1938 |
Repcaps2: | 2 |
Reppoints2: | 0 |
Charles Robert Arthur Graves (23 January 1909 — 14 October 1990) was an Irish rugby union international player.
Hailing from Valentia, County Kerry, Graves was a tall and strong all-round forward who excelled at throw-ins.[1]
Graves captained Dublin club Wanderers and was capped 15 times for Ireland as a hooker from 1934 to 1938, in addition to two caps gained for the British Lions on the 1938 tour to South Africa.[2]
A bank manager, Graves became a rugby administrator and served as an Ireland selector.[3]