About Robert Smith
Robert Smith was a rugby union player.
Robert Echlin Smith (12 December 1870 — 2 February 1904) was an Irish international rugby union player.
A Dublin-born physician, Smith played rugby for Lansdowne and debuted for Ireland in 1892, playing as a forward against England at Manchester, which remained his only international cap.
Smith died in 1904 from injuries sustained when in an attempt to catch a pony he was kicked in the face.
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