John Synge (rugby union)
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Full nameJohn Samuel Synge
Born12 July 1906
Dublin, Ireland
Died26 August 1982 (aged 76)
Position
Wing-forward
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| Born | 12 July 1906 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 August 1982 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
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John Samuel Synge (12 July 1906 — 26 August 1982) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Synge, born in Dublin, was educated at St Columba's College and Clare College, Cambridge.[2] His parents were Samuel Synge and Mary Harmar, both physicians and medical missionaries to China.
A Cambridge rugby blue, Synge was a robust forward who was at his best on the loose and gained his only Ireland cap as a wing-forward, deputing for Charles Payne against Scotland at Lansdowne Road in 1929.[3]