Edward Wolfe (rugby union)

Edward Wolfe
Full nameEdward John Wolfe
Date of birth(1858-08-04)4 August 1858
Place of birthMonaghan, Ireland
Date of death15 February 1933(1933-02-15) (aged 74)
Place of deathGuernsey
UniversityTrinity College Dublin
Occupation(s)Priest
Rugby union career
Position(s) Three-quarter
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1882 Ireland 1 (0)

Edward John Wolfe (4 August 1858 — 15 February 1933) was an Irish priest and international rugby union player.

The son of an archdeacon, Wolfe was born in Monaghan and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[1]

Wolfe played his rugby as a three-quarter and was capped once for Ireland, playing a match against England at Lansdowne Road in 1882. He also won an Irish Championship as a long jumper.[2]

Ordained in 1883, Wolfe held curacies around Ulster over the next seven years, until moving to England. He was the vicar of St Thomas Church in Telford from 1903 to 1922 and in his final years was vicar at St. John's Church, Guernsey.[3]

  1. ^ "Rev. E. J. Wolfe". Streatham News. 17 February 1933.
  2. ^ "A Tyrone Clergyman". Belfast News-Letter. 24 February 1933.
  3. ^ "Obituary". Streatham News. 24 February 1933.