Louis Magee

Louis Magee
Birth nameAloysius Mary Magee
Date of birth1 May 1874
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of death4 April 1945
Place of deathDunboyne, Ireland
Occupation(s)veterinary surgeon
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Bective Rangers
London Irish
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1895–1904
1896
Ireland
British Isles XV
27
4
(9)
(0)

Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee (1 May 1874 – 4 April 1945)[1][2] was an Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland and was part of the British Isles team in their 1896 tour of South Africa.

Magee was capped 27 times for Ireland, ten as captain, and won two Championships, leading Ireland to a Triple Crown win in the 1899 Home Nations Championship. Magee was one of the outstanding half backs of world rugby prior to 1914, and is credited as being a driving force in turning Ireland from a no-hope team into one that commanded respect.[3]

  1. ^ Louis Magee player profile Scrum.com
  2. ^ Louis Magee lions profile lionsrugby.com
  3. ^ Godwin (1984), pg 75.