| Full name | John Horncastle Eddison | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1888-08-25)25 August 1888 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 November 1982(1982-11-18) (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
John Horncastle Eddison (25 August 1888 – 18 November 1982) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Eddison grew up in Yorkshire, where his parents were from.
Eddison, a forward, played his rugby for Leeds club Headingley and represented Yorkshire, including for a match against the 1908–09 Wallabies. He was capped in all four of England's matches in 1912 Five Nations Championship.
An officer in the Royal Field Artillery, Eddison was mentioned in dispatches and awarded a Military Cross.
Eddison worked for North British and Mercantile Insurance and became their Manager for Scotland.
See also
References
- "Rumours over fate of those called to serve attacked for insensitivity". Ilkley Gazette. 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Mr Jack Eddison". The Scotsman. 19 November 1982.
- "Awarded Military Cross". Belfast Telegraph. 14 January 1916.
External links
- Jack Eddison at ESPNscrum
- 1888 births
- 1982 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Yorkshire
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Rugby union centres
- Leeds Tykes players
- Yorkshire County RFU players
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- 20th-century English sportsmen