William Pike (rugby union) explained


William Pike
Full Name:William Watson Pike
Birth Date:10 March 1860
Birth Place:Glendararry, County Mayo, Ireland
Death Place:Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Position:Three-quarter
Repyears1:1879–83
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:0

Sir William Watson Pike (10 March 1860 — 26 June 1941) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]

Biography

Born in Glendararry, County Mayo, Pike was capped five times for Ireland as a three-quarter from 1879 to 1883, and also represented Ireland as a field hockey player.[2]

Pike served in the Second Boer War and was Director of Medical Services with the 1st British Army Expeditionary Force in World War I, during which he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Pike? . . 15 August 1933 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Sir William Pike Dead . . 1 July 1941.
  3. News: Personal . . 26 June 1941.