Campbell Robb

Campbell Robb
Date of birth(1882-02-25)25 February 1882
Place of birthGalway, County Galway, Ireland
Date of death6 September 1958(1958-09-06) (aged 76)
Place of deathIpswich, Suffolk, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1904–06 Ireland 5 (3)

Campbell Robb (25 February 1882 — 6 September 1958) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Galway, Robb attended Campbell College and Queen's College Belfast.[2]

Robb played varsity rugby during his medical studies as a three-quarter for Queen's College RFC and was capped five times on the wing for Ireland from 1904 to 1906, with his only try coming in his last match against Scotland.[2]

An officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Robb attained the rank of captain and served in the Middle East in World War I, during which was put in charge of a hospital in Palestine.[2]

Robb was Chief Medical Officer for Egyptian State Railways, prior to independence, and later worked in Ipswich, Suffolk, where he was chairman of the Health Executive Council.[3]

  1. ^ "Rugby Football". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 6 February 1904.
  2. ^ a b c "Capt. Campbell Robb". Belfast News-Letter. 9 September 1958.
  3. ^ "Former rugby International". Belfast Telegraph. 9 September 1958.