George Phipps (rugby union)
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Full nameGeorge Constantine Phipps
Born2 November 1927
Peshawar, British India
Position(s)
Three-quarter
Position(s)
Three-quarter
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| Born | 2 November 1927 Peshawar, British India | ||||||||||||||||
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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]