William Collis Explained

William Collis
Full Name:William Stewart Collis
Birth Date:27 September 1860
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Killiney, Dublin Ireland
Occupation:Solicitor
Relatives:John Collis (son)
Maurice Collis (son)
Robert Collis (son)
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1884
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

William Stewart Collis (27 September 1860 — 2 January 1947) was an Irish international rugby union player.

A Dublin solicitor, Collis played rugby during his youth and received an Ireland cap in 1884, playing as a forward against Wales at Cardiff. He was the head of Collis & Ward Solicitors.[1]

Collis's son Robert was also an Ireland rugby international. Robert's twin brother was the writer John Stewart Collis and another son, Maurice Collis, was a colonial administrator in Burma.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Old Rugby National . . 4 January 1947.
  2. Web site: Collis, (William) Robert Fitzgerald (‘Bob’) . Dictionary of Irish Biography.