Godfrey Pinion (13 September 1884 — 7 December 1956) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 13 September 1884 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 December 1956 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Pinion was educated at Methodist College Belfast and earned Ulster Schools representative honours. Soon after finishing school, Pinion relocated to Liverpool, where he was at first employed by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.[1]
A fly-half, Pinion played rugby for Liverpool and Birkenhead Park from 1904 to 1909, making several appearances with Lancashire, before returning to Belfast. He competed for Belfast club Collegians and was capped four times as a fly-half for Ireland in the 1909 Home Nations Championship.[2]
Pinion worked as an executive in the insurance industry.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Appointment For Mr. G. Pinion". Belfast Weekly Telegraph. 25 December 1909.
- ^ "Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 11 December 1956.
- ^ "Death of former Irish rugby International". Belfast Telegraph. 10 December 1956.
External links
edit- Godfrey Pinion at ESPNscrum