Eric Lawrence Brown (born 6 September 1930), also known as Bolo Brown, is an Irish former international rugby union player of the 1950s.
| Full name | Eric Lawrence Brown | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 September 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Belfast, Brown was an Instonians captain and gained his only Ireland cap in a 1958 Five Nations match against France at Colombes, playing as a wing-forward.[1][2] He was a sports master at Annadale Grammar School and co-coached their XV to a first ever Ulster Schools Cup title in 1958.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Club changes". Belfast Telegraph. 4 January 1957.
- ^ "New-Look Irish Side's Big Test In Paris". Belfast Telegraph. 18 April 1958.
- ^ "How Annadale broke the Schools Cup' monopoly in '58". Belfast Telegraph. 17 March 2018.
External links
edit- Eric Brown at ESPNscrum