| Full name | Robert Knox Lyle | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1884-06-22)22 June 1884 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Antrim, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 June 1968(1968-06-25) (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Knox Lyle (22 June 1884 — 25 June 1968) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Lyle was born at Muckamore Manse in Antrim and attended Dublin's St Andrew's College.
A centre three-quarter, Lyle played rugby for Dublin University during his studies at Trinity College, from where he gained his two Ireland caps, appearing against Wales and France.
Lyle went to Princeton Theological Seminary in the United States. After being ordained in 1913, Lyle served as a missionary in Manchuria. He was a minister at Greystones, County Wicklow from 1927 to 1952, as well as a one-time Moderator of Dublin Synod of the Presbyterian Church.
See also
References
- "Ex-Dublin Synod Moderator". Belfast Telegraph. 25 June 1968.
- "Our Third International". Dublin Daily Express. 12 March 1910.
- "Obituary". Belfast News-Letter. 26 June 1968.
External links
- Robert Lyle at ESPNscrum
- 1884 births
- 1968 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Antrim, County Antrim
- Rugby union players from County Antrim
- Rugby union centres
- Dublin University Football Club players
- People educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin
- Princeton Theological Seminary alumni
- 20th-century Irish clergy
- Irish Presbyterian missionaries