Steve Meikle | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1905 |
Birth Place: | West Derby, England |
Death Place: | Liverpool, England |
Relatives: | Graham Meikle (brother) |
Position: | Stand-off |
Repyears1: | 1929 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Stephen Spencer Churchill Meikle (6 July 1905 – 4 June 1960) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in West Derby, Liverpool, Meikle was the elder brother of England wing three-quarter Graham Meikle and joined his local side Waterloo at age 18. His solitary England cap came as a stand-off in a 1929 Calcutta Cup match against Scotland at Murrayfield, forming a partnership with fellow debutant Eddie Richards.[1] [2]
Meikle was managing director of a ship painting company and served as a Lancashire selector.[3] He died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in 1960 at the age of 54. A verdict of suicide was recorded by the coroner.[4]