Harry Havelock (rugby union)
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Full nameHenry Havelock
Born1879
Hartlepool, England
Died12 May 1923 (aged 44)
Hull, England
Position
Wing-forward
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| Died | 12 May 1923 (aged 44) Hull, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Henry Havelock (1879 – 1923) was an English international rugby union player.
Powerfully-built, Havelock was a Hartlepool and Durham County player, capped three times for England as a wing-forward in 1908. He thereafter played rugby league, joining Hull in the 1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season.[1]
Havelock served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I.[2]
Employed as a joiner, Havelock died of blood poisoning in 1923 after grazing his leg while working at Alexandra Dock.[3]
Havelock's son, P. H. W. Havelock, was a soccer player for several Football League clubs.[4]