Campbell Robb Explained

Campbell Robb
Birth Date:25 February 1882
Birth Place:Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Death Place:Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1904–06
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:3

Campbell Robb (25 February 1882 — 6 September 1958) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Galway, Robb attended Campbell College and Queen's College Belfast.[2]

Robb played varsity rugby during his medical studies as a three-quarter for Queen's College RFC and was capped five times on the wing for Ireland from 1904 to 1906, with his only try coming in his last match against Scotland.[2]

An officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Robb attained the rank of captain and served in the Middle East in World War I, during which was put in charge of a hospital in Palestine.[2]

Robb was Chief Medical Officer for Egyptian State Railways, prior to independence, and later worked in Ipswich, Suffolk, where he was chairman of the Health Executive Council.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Rugby Football . . 6 February 1904.
  2. News: Capt. Campbell Robb . . 9 September 1958.
  3. News: Former rugby International . . 9 September 1958.