Birth name | Ernest Faber Fookes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 May 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Waverley, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 March 1948 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 11 st 10 lb (164 lb; 74 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Heath Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Owen's College, Manchester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Ernest Faber Fookes (31 May 1874 – 3 March 1948)[1] was a New Zealand-born rugby union wing who was capped for the England national team on ten occasions between 1896 and 1899.