William Pike (rugby union)
Irish rugby union player
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Sir William Watson Pike (10 March 1860 — 26 June 1941) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Full nameWilliam Watson Pike
Born10 March 1860
Glendararry, County Mayo, Ireland
Died26 June 1941 (aged 81)
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Position
Three-quarter
Biography
Born in Glendararry, County Mayo, Pike was capped five times for Ireland as a three-quarter from 1879 to 1883, and also represented Ireland as a field hockey player.[2]
Pike served in the Second Boer War and was Director of Medical Services with the 1st British Army Expeditionary Force in World War I, during which he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[3]