Eric Brown (rugby union)

Eric Brown
Full nameEric Lawrence Brown
Date of birth(1930-09-06)6 September 1930
Place of birthBelfast, Northern Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958 Ireland 1 (0)

Eric Lawrence Brown (born 6 September 1930), also known as Bolo Brown, is an Irish former international rugby union player of the 1950s.

Born in Belfast, Brown was an Instonians captain and gained his only Ireland cap in a 1958 Five Nations match against France at Colombes, playing as a wing-forward.[1][2] He was a sports master at Annadale Grammar School and co-coached their XV to a first ever Ulster Schools Cup title in 1958.[3]

  1. ^ "Club changes". Belfast Telegraph. 4 January 1957.
  2. ^ "New-Look Irish Side's Big Test In Paris". Belfast Telegraph. 18 April 1958.
  3. ^ "How Annadale broke the Schools Cup' monopoly in '58". Belfast Telegraph. 17 March 2018.