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]
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]