Rugby player
George Phipps
Full name | George Constantine Phipps |
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Date of birth | (1927-11-02)2 November 1927 |
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Place of birth | Peshawar, British India |
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Position(s) |
Three-quarter |
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Years |
Team |
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(Points) |
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1950–52 |
Ireland |
5 |
(0) |
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George Constantine Phipps (born 2 November 1927) is an Irish former international rugby union player.
Born in Peshawar, Phipps was educated in England, attending Wellington College.[1]
Phipps served with the British Army like his father, a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps. An officer in the Royal Hampshire Regiment, Phipps played his rugby for English club Rosslyn Park, as well as the Army.[2] He was capped five times for Ireland as a three-quarter, debuting against England at Twickenham in the 1950 Five Nations.[3]
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