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Rugby player
Bertie GottoCBE OBE
Full nameRobert Porter Corry Gotto
Date of birth(1881-01-20)20 January 1881
Place of birthBelfast, Ireland
Date of death5 August 1960(1960-08-05) (aged 79)
Place of deathBelfast, Northern Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1906 Ireland 1 (0)

Robert Porter Corry Gotto (20 January 1881 — 5 August 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Belfast, Gotto was a maternal grandson of Conservative member of parliament Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet. He attended Campbell College and Uppingham School. A rugby player in his youth, Gotto was a three-quarter with North of Ireland and gained an Ireland cap against the touring 1906–07 Springboks.

Gotto was twice mentioned in dispatches serving with the Royal Army Service Corps during World War I and in 1919 was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Military Division.

A timber merchant, Gotto served as a commissioner for the Belfast Harbour Board and became deputy lieutenant for Belfast in 1947. He was further honoured in 1952 with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Gotto was the father of Ireland Davis Cup tennis player Robert Vivian Gotto.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chairman of Belfast Company". Belfast Telegraph. 5 August 1960.
  2. "Honour board tribute to Mr. R. P. C. Gotto". Belfast Telegraph. 8 August 1960.

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