Victor Lyttle Explained

Victor Lyttle
Full Name:Victor Johnstone Lyttle
Birth Date:17 July 1911
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Place:Birmingham, England
School:Methodist College
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1938–39
Repcaps1:3
Reppoints1:0

Victor Johnstone Lyttle (17 July 1911 — 7 September 1996) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Belfast, Lyttle was the son of photographer R. Clements Lyttle, a noted association football administrator. He attended Methodist College Belfast and subsequently competed for Collegians, before moving to London.[1]

Lyttle, a wing three-quarter, played in London for Harlequins, then took up a job with Kodak in Birmingham and transferred to Bedford.[2] He was an East Midlands representative player and toured Wales with the Barbarians in 1938. Capped three times for Ireland, Lyttle debuted against England in a 1938 Home Nations at Lansdowne Road and made a further two appearances during their 1939 Home Nations campaign.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: V. J. Lyttle Joins Up . . 7 March 1941.
  2. News: Future International? . . 31 October 1935.
  3. News: Victor Lyttle's Rugby Cap . . 31 January 1938.