About Robert Carr
Lived 1917 – 1979 (aged 62). Robert Carr was a rugby union player and military personnel.
Lieutenant Robert Stanley Leonard Carr (11 July 1917 – 7 September 1979) was a British Army officer and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.
Hailing from Altrincham, Carr had rugby genes on both sides of his family. His maternal uncle, Leonard Haigh, was an England front-rower, while his father played for Manchester as a wing three-quarter.
Carr was educated at Cranleigh School, where he set multiple athletics records, for the 220-yards, quarter-mile and high-jump.
During the late 1930s, Carr was a regular in the Manchester side and played occasionally for Old Cranleighans. He gained his England call up in 1939, playing on the wing in three Home Nations fixtures, before war intervened.
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Who was Robert Carr?
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Robert Carr was born on 11 July 1917.
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Robert Carr died on 7 September 1979.
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Robert Carr was a rugby union player and military personnel.
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· DBpedia: Robert Carr (rugby union)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Robert Carr. https://biography.guide/robert-carr-rugby-union-player/
MLA: "Robert Carr." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/robert-carr-rugby-union-player/.
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