Cornelius Griffin | |
Full Name: | Cornelius Stephen Griffin |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1923 |
Birth Place: | St Pancras, London, England |
Death Place: | Winchester, England |
Position: | Three-quarter |
Repyears1: | 1951 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Cornelius Stephen Griffin (31 October 1923 — 16 December 1981) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in St Pancras, London, Griffin played for London Irish and capped by Ireland in 1951, as a wing three-quarter for the first two matches of their championship-winning Five Nations campaign.[1] [2]
Griffin joined Havant RFC in 1952 when he relocated to Portsmouth. He later played for Portsmouth RFC, where he took over as captain in 1954. While in Portsmouth, Griffin represented Hampshire.[3]