Robert Lyle (rugby union) explained

Robert Lyle
Full Name:Robert Knox Lyle
Birth Date:22 June 1884
Birth Place:Antrim, Ireland
Death Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position:Centre
Repyears1:1910
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0

Robert Knox Lyle (22 June 1884 — 25 June 1968) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Lyle was born at Muckamore Manse in Antrim and attended Dublin's St Andrew's College.[1]

A centre three-quarter, Lyle played rugby for Dublin University during his studies at Trinity College, from where he gained his two Ireland caps, appearing against Wales and France.[2]

Lyle went to Princeton Theological Seminary in the United States. After being ordained in 1913, Lyle served as a missionary in Manchuria. He was a minister at Greystones, County Wicklow from 1927 to 1952, as well as a one-time Moderator of Dublin Synod of the Presbyterian Church.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ex-Dublin Synod Moderator . . 25 June 1968.
  2. News: Our Third International . . 12 March 1910.
  3. News: Obituary . . 26 June 1968.