About Henry Kayll
Lived 1855 – 1910 (aged 54). Henry Kayll was a rugby union player.
Henry Edward Kayll (16 July 1855 – 14 February 1910) was an English international rugby union player.
Kayll was the son of former Sunderland mayor John James Kayll.
An all–round sportsman, Kayll was a British pole vault champion and as a rugby fullback earned representative honours for England in 1878, featuring in a drawn match against Scotland at The Oval.
Kayll immigrated to Canada soon after attaining his England cap.
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rugby player
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Henry Kayll was born on 16 July 1855.
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Henry Kayll died on 14 February 1910.
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Henry Kayll was a rugby union player.
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