Charles Adams (rugby union) explained

Charles Adams
Birth Date:8 December 1883
Birth Place:Co. Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Malahide, Ireland
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1908–14
Repcaps1:16
Reppoints1:3

Charles Adams (8 December 1883 — 13 November 1965) was an Irish international rugby union player.

A forward, Adams played his club rugby for Old Wesley and was capped 16 times by Ireland from 1908 to 1914, before his international career was effectively ended by World War I. He served with the 7th Battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers in Gallipoli and Salonika.[1] In 1917, Adams was captured by the Germans and held as a prisoner of war.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Reported Missing . Sport (Dublin) . 10 February 1917.
  2. News: The Sportsman's Roll of Honour . . 3 March 1917.