Campbell Robb
| Born | 25 February 1882 Galway, County Galway, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 6 September 1958 (aged 76) Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Campbell Robb (25 February 1882 — 6 September 1958) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Galway, Robb attended Campbell College and Queen's College Belfast.[2]
Robb played varsity rugby during his medical studies as a three-quarter for Queen's College RFC and was capped five times on the wing for Ireland from 1904 to 1906, with his only try coming in his last match against Scotland.[2]
An officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Robb attained the rank of captain and served in the Middle East in World War I, during which was put in charge of a hospital in Palestine.[2]
Robb was Chief Medical Officer for Egyptian State Railways, prior to independence, and later worked in Ipswich, Suffolk, where he was chairman of the Health Executive Council.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Rugby Football". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 6 February 1904.
- 1 2 3 "Capt. Campbell Robb". Belfast News-Letter. 9 September 1958.
- ↑ "Former rugby International". Belfast Telegraph. 9 September 1958.
External links
[edit]- Campbell Robb at ESPNscrum (archived)