Ned Lightfoot

Ned Lightfoot
Full nameEdward John Lightfoot
Date of birth(1907-11-29)29 November 1907
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of death25 March 1981(1981-03-25) (aged 73)
SchoolCastleknock College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931–33 Ireland 11 (9)

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]

  1. ^ "Year of the fabulous cup double". Dublin Evening Herald. 20 March 1986.
  2. ^ "Celtic To The Core". Leicester Evening Mail. 3 January 1934.
  3. ^ "After the rough early days side now 'civilised'". Irish Independent. 9 January 1988.