Charles Arthur Crompton
Athlete
1848 – 1875
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Who was Charles Arthur Crompton?
Lieutenant Charles Arthur Crompton RE, was a rugby union international who played for England in the first rugby international against Scotland in 1871. His Irish birth made him also the first Irish-born player to play in a rugby international and he was additionally, along with Lieutenant Charles Sherrard RE, the first member of the armed forces to represent their national side.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1848
Cork - Education
- Royal School of Military Engineering
- Lived in
- Cork
- Died
- Jul 6, 1875
Bengal
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on July 23, 2013
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