Alexander Montgomery (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 26 September 1871 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 December 1927 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Oxton, Birkenhead, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Montgomery (26 September 1871 — 29 December 1927) was an Irish international rugby union player.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, Montgomery was a Belfast native and played his rugby in the city for North of Ireland, gaining a solitary Ireland cap in 1895 as a three-quarter against Scotland at Edinburgh. His elder brother Robert was capped five times for Ireland and was also a three-quarter.[1]
Montgomery was a medical practitioner by profession.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Late Dr. A. Montgomery". Belfast News-Letter. 2 January 1928.
- ^ "Dr. Alexander Montgomery". Northern Whig. 2 January 1928.
External links
[edit]- Alexander Montgomery at ESPNscrum