John Maxwell-Hyslop | |
Full Name: | John Edgar Maxwell-Hyslop |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1899 |
Birth Place: | Bristol, England |
Death Place: | Sherborne, England |
Occupation: | Schoolmaster |
University: | Balliol College, Oxford |
Position: | Wing-forward |
Repyears1: | 1922 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
John Edgar Maxwell-Hyslop (31 March 1899 – 10 December 1990) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Clifton, Bristol, Maxwell-Hyslop attended Rottingdean Preparatory School and Balliol College, Oxford. He enlisted into the Army at age 17 and served with the Royal Field Artillery in World War I.[1]
Maxwell-Hyslop captained Oxford University and was capped three times for England as a wing-forward during the 1922 Five Nations, scoring a try on debut to help defeat Ireland at Lansdowne Road.[2] [3]
After winning his England cap, Maxwell-Hyslop was appointed headmaster of Rottingdean Preparatory School in 1923 at age 24 and remained in the role for the next 40 years.[1]