| Full name | Robin Patrick Godfrey | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 September 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tilbury, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Stonyhurst College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
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Robin Patrick Godfrey (born 16 September 1931) is an English-born Ireland international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Tilbury, Essex, Godfrey attended Stonyhurst College and was a member of their team which won a public schools sevens title. He was an England Schoolboys representative player. While studying at Trinity College Dublin, Godfrey would return to Lancashire during his vacations to play with the Waterloo club.[2]
Godfrey is of Irish descent on both sides of his family and prior to his Ireland caps had represented Munster against the 1953–54 All Blacks. He was capped twice for Ireland in 1954, debuting against Scotland at Belfast.[3]