Birth name | Albert Ernest Elliott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 March 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 December 1900 | (aged 31)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Middelburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Cheltenham College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | St John's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albert Ernest Elliott (5 March 1869 – 1 December 1900)[1] was an English rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University and St. Thomas' Hospital. Elliott gained his only international cap when he was selected for England in 1894. He is also notable for being one of the few international rugby players to die serving during the Boer War.