| Full name | Hugh Gilmer Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1879-04-11)11 April 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rashee, County Antrim, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 January 1941(1941-01-13) (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Larne, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Gilmer Wilson (11 April 1879 — 13 January 1941) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Hailing from Rashee, near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Wilson played for Malone RFC and was capped 18 times for Ireland as a forward from 1905 to 1910. He also played rugby with Glasgow University during his tertiary studies.
Wilson enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles in World War I.
A doctor, Wilson spent much of his medical career as a ship's surgeon and was also a recreational yachtsman, once surviving being stranded on the Irish Sea for fours days until finding his way to shore.
See also
References
- ^ "Capped 18 Times For Ireland". Larne Times. 18 January 1941.
- "Dr. H. G. Wilson, Larne". Belfast News-Letter. 15 January 1941.
External links
- Hugh Wilson at ESPNscrum