About Hugh Wilson
Lived 1879 – 1941 (aged 61). Hugh Wilson was a rugby union player.
Hugh Gilmer Wilson (11 April 1879 — 13 January 1941) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Hailing from Rashee, near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Wilson played for Malone RFC and was capped 18 times for Ireland as a forward from 1905 to 1910. He also played rugby with Glasgow University during his tertiary studies.
Wilson enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles in World War I.
A doctor, Wilson spent much of his medical career as a ship's surgeon and was also a recreational yachtsman, once surviving being stranded on the Irish Sea for four days until finding his way to shore.
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Who was Hugh Wilson?
rugby player
When was Hugh Wilson born?
Hugh Wilson was born on 11 April 1879.
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Hugh Wilson died on 13 January 1941.
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Hugh Wilson was a rugby union player.
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