About Bertie Gotto
Lived 1881 – 1960 (aged 79). Bertie Gotto was a military personnel and rugby union player.
Robert Porter Corry Gotto (20 January 1881 — 5 August 1960) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Belfast, Gotto was a maternal grandson of Conservative member of parliament Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet. He attended Campbell College and Uppingham School. A rugby player in his youth, Gotto was a three-quarter with North of Ireland and gained an Ireland cap against the touring 1906–07 Springboks.
Gotto was twice mentioned in dispatches serving with the Royal Army Service Corps during World War I and in 1919 was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Military Division.
Gotto was the father of Ireland Davis Cup tennis player Robert Vivian Gotto.
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Who was Bertie Gotto?
rugby player
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Bertie Gotto was born on 20 January 1881.
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Bertie Gotto died on 5 August 1960.
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Bertie Gotto was a military personnel and rugby union player.
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