About Godfrey Pinion
Lived 1884 – 1956 (aged 72). Godfrey Pinion was a rugby union player.
Godfrey Pinion (13 September 1884 — 7 December 1956) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Pinion was educated at Methodist College Belfast and earned Ulster Schools representative honours. Soon after finishing school, Pinion relocated to Liverpool, where he was at first employed by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
A fly-half, Pinion played rugby for Liverpool and Birkenhead Park from 1904 to 1909, making several appearances with Lancashire, before returning to Belfast. He competed for Belfast club Collegians and was capped four times as a fly-half for Ireland in the 1909 Home Nations Championship.
Pinion worked as an executive in the insurance industry.
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Who was Godfrey Pinion?
rugby player
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Godfrey Pinion was born on 13 September 1884.
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Godfrey Pinion died on 7 December 1956.
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Godfrey Pinion was a rugby union player.
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