| Full name | George Constantine Phipps | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1927-11-02)2 November 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Peshawar, British India | ||||||||||||||||
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George Constantine Phipps (born 2 November 1927) is an Irish former international rugby union player.
Born in Peshawar, Phipps was educated in England, attending Wellington College.
Phipps served with the British Army like his father, a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps. An officer in the Royal Hampshire Regiment, Phipps played his rugby for English club Rosslyn Park, as well as the Army. He was capped five times for Ireland as a three-quarter, debuting against England at Twickenham in the 1950 Five Nations.
See also
References
- "McCarthy Out Of Irish XV". Western Morning News. 9 February 1950.
- "George Phipps In British Army Side". Northern Whig. 12 December 1952.
- "Irish Invade Twickenham". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 Feb 1950.
External links
- George Phipps at ESPNscrum