Charles Stack (rugby union) explained

Charles Stack
Full Name:Charles Robert Rowan Stack
Birth Date:30 September 1867
Birth Place:Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland
Death Place:County Donegal, Ireland
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1889
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Charles Robert Rowan Stack (30 September 1867 — 22 November 1944) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Educated at Trinity College Dublin, Stack was a varsity rugby player and gained an Ireland cap in 1889, appearing against Scotland at Belfast. He also rowed for Trinity College.[1]

Stack was ordained as a priest by the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1892. He served as a military chaplain during World War I and for many years was the vicar of the Holy Trinity Church in Frome, Somerset.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Late Rev. C. R. R. Stack . Somerset Standard . 5 January 1945.
  2. News: Death of Rev. C. R. R. Stack . . 5 January 1945.