Ernest Deane
| Full name | Ernest Cotton Deane | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 May 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Limerick Republic of Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 25 September 1915 | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Monkstown | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1909 | Ireland | 1 | |
Ernest Cotton Deane (1887–1915) was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1909.
Like fellow international Basil Maclear, Deane was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the Leicestershire Regiment near Laventie. He was buried in the Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery nearby.[1]
See also
- List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
References
- ↑ Deane, Ernest, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 30 December 2008
- Ernest Deane at Scrum.com
- IRFU Profile
- Australian Light Horse Association Forum - Rugby internationals killed at Gallipoli
- Jones, Stephen (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.