Edward Croker Explained

Edward Croker
Full Name:Edward William Dunlo Croker
Birth Date:14 September 1849
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1878
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Edward William Dunlo Croker (14 September 1849 — 10 May 1893) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Dublin, Croker was the great-grandson of William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, and grandson of Henry Monck, 1st Earl of Rathdowne. He gained an Ireland cap in 1878, as a forward against England at Lansdowne Road. While in Chicago in 1893 to attend the World's Fair, Croker suffered fatal injuries when he fell from a horse.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Irish Society . Irish Society (Dublin) . 20 May 1893.
  2. News: A British Officer Killed At Chicago . Warwickshire Herald . 18 May 1893.