About Rawson Robertshaw
Lived 1861 – 1920 (aged 58–59). Rawson Robertshaw was a British rugby league player and rugby union player.
Albert Rawson Robertshaw (birth registered October→December 1861 – 17 November 1920 ) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford FC, as a three-quarter, e.g. wing, or centre. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford FC was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue.
Background Robertshaw's birth was registered in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and he died aged 58 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Playing career Robertshaw won caps for England while at Bradford FC in 1886 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, and in 1887 against Wales, and Scotland.
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Who was Rawson Robertshaw?
English rugby union footballer
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Rawson Robertshaw was born in 1861.
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Rawson Robertshaw died on 17 November 1920.
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Rawson Robertshaw was a rugby league player and rugby union player.
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Rawson Robertshaw was British.
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