Tim Stoop Explained

Tim Stoop
Full Name:Frederick MacFarlane Stoop
Birth Date:17 September 1888
Birth Place:Kensington, England
Death Place:SW Surrey, England
School:Rugby School
Relatives:Adrian Stoop (brother)
Position:Centre
Repyears1:1910–13
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

Frederick MacFarlane "Tim" Stoop (17 September 1888 – 24 November 1972) was an English international rugby union player of the 1910s.

Born in Kensington, London, Stoop was one of seven children and received his education at Rugby School. He came from a wealthy family. His Dutch-born father, Frederick C. Stoop, was a millionaire who made his money in the oil industry, and like his brother Frank was an arts patron of some renown.[1]

Stoop, a centre, played his rugby for Harlequins and won four national caps from 1910 to 1913, the first three as a teammate of his elder brother Adrian Stoop, England's stand-off.[2] [3]

During World War I, Stoop was an East Kent Regiment officer and suffered shrapnel wounds in 1916.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: More about the life and times of the Stoop family . . 25 April 2022.
  2. News: F. M. Stoop To Play For England . London Evening Standard . 16 March 1910.
  3. News: The Absence Of F. M. Stoop . Pall Mall Gazette . 13 January 1913.
  4. News: F. M. Stoop Injured . . 3 April 1916.