John Walton (rugby union)
| Full name | Ernest John Walton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | November 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | York, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 8 April 1947 (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | County Waterford, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Ernest John Walton (November 1879 – 8 April 1947) was an English international rugby union player.
A native of York, Walton played rugby for Yorkshire club Castleford and was also an Oxford blue. He was a half–back and attained four England caps, across their 1901 and 1902 Home Nations campaigns, after which he moved to Burma.[1][2]
Walton spent an extended period in Siam working for a lumber company, before settling in Ireland.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tramoreman's Diary". Waterford Standard. 19 April 1947.
- ^ "Mr E. J. Walton Going Abroad". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 1 September 1902.
- ^ Walton, Julian (20 May 2020). "Declan Walton obituary". The Guardian.
External links
[edit]- John Walton at ESPNscrum