Charles Sample
Rugby player
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Charles Hubert Sample (22 November 1862 – 2 June 1938) was an English international rugby union player.
Full nameCharles Hubert Sample
Born22 November 1862
Castle Ward, England
Died2 June 1938 (aged 75)
Corbridge, England
Position
Fullback
| Full name | Charles Hubert Sample | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 November 1862 Castle Ward, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 1938 (aged 75) Corbridge, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Sample was born in Castle Ward and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1]
A fullback, Sample was described by the Football Annual as a player who was "good at extracting his side from a dilemma", possessing good drop kicking and tackling abilities.[2] He was a Cambridge University blue, represented Northumberland, and was capped three times for England from 1884 to 1886.[3][4]