About Harry Speed
Lived 1871 – 1937 (aged 65). Harry Speed was a rugby union player.
Henry Speed (19 August 1871 – 3 July 1937) was an English international rugby union player.
Speed played for Castleford RFC and was one of four forwards from the club that turned out for England in the period from 1894 and 1896. This included Jack Rhodes, who was best man at Speed's wedding. He gained a total of four England caps. His career with Castleford RFC continued after it became a rugby league club.
A licensee in Castleford, Speed also spent a period serving on the Castleford Urban District Council.
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English international rugby union player
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Harry Speed was born on 19 August 1871.
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Harry Speed died on 3 July 1937.
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