Albert Freear
| Full name | Albert Edward Freear | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1878 Salford, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 August 1960 (aged 82) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Albert Edward Freear (1878 — 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Freear was born in Salford, Lancashire, and educated in Dublin, attending Sandymount Academical Institution.[2]
A wing three-quarter, Freear played for Dublin club Lansdowne, from where he attained his three Ireland caps in the 1901 Home Nations, scoring his only try against Wales at Swansea. He later captained professional rugby league team Hull FC, which he joined in 1904.[3]
Freear was handed a four-month prison sentence by a London court in 1908 on the charge of embezzlement, having pled guilty to stealing money from his employer. He subsequently immigrated to Australia.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Rugby Football". Evening News. Waterford. 23 February 1901.
- ↑ "Fast Men On The Wings". South Wales Echo. 16 March 1901.
- ↑ "Hull's Importations". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 1 October 1904.
- ↑ "Hull Player's Downfall". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 1908.
External links
[edit]- Albert Freear at ESPNscrum (archived)
- "Player Summary: Albert Freear". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
Categories:
- 1878 births
- 1960 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Irish rugby league players
- Rugby union players from Salford
- Rugby union wings
- Lansdowne Football Club players
- Hull F.C. players
- People convicted of embezzlement
- Irish emigrants to Australia
- Other Nationalities rugby league team players