Full name | Edward John Lightfoot | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 November 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 March 1981 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||
School | Castleknock College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Edward John Lightfoot (29 November 1907 — 25 March 1981) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Lightfoot played in the first XV at Castleknock College and played his senior rugby for Lansdowne.[1]
Lightfoot was capped 11 times for Ireland, debuting in the 1931 Five Nations. This included a match against the touring 1931–32 Springboks, as part of an All-Lansdowne three-quarter line, alongside Morgan Crowe, Eugene Davy and his Castleknock teammate Jack Arigho. He scored two tries in Ireland's win over Scotland at Murrayfield in 1932.[2][3]