| Full name | Rowland Morrow Byers | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1905-06-18)18 June 1905 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 September 2000(2000-09-26) (aged 95) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Birchwood | ||||||||||||||||
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Rowland Morrow Byers (18 June 1905 — 26 September 2000) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Byers was the second-born son of academic and physician Professor Sir John Byers. He grew up in Belfast, attending Campbell College, then pursued further studies at the University of Oxford.
A three-quarter, Byers won Oxford blues as a centre in 1926, but his five Ireland caps came on the wing, across the 1928 and 1929 Five Nations Championships. He also played for Belfast club North of Ireland.
Byers was steward of the Turf Club in Dublin.
See also
References
- "Eyers, Of Belfast". Daily Mirror. 24 February 1928.
- "Rugby Football". Northern Whig. 9 February 1929.
- "Elected Steward". Belfast News-Letter. 30 September 1970.
External links
- Rowland Byers at ESPNscrum