Charles MacIvor

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Charles MacIvor
Birth nameCharles Vernon MacIvor
Date of birth(1891-02-12)12 February 1891
Place of birth British Antilles, West Indies
Date of death18 October 1913(1913-10-18) (aged 22)
Place of death Dublin, Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1912-1913 Ireland 7 (3)

Charles Vernon MacIvor (12 February 1891 – 18 October 1913) was an Irish rugby union player who played for the Ireland national rugby union team.

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Biography

MacIvor was born in the British Antilles on 12 February 1891. [1]

He was an engineering student at Trinity College, Dublin and club captain of Dublin University. [2] [3]

A winger, MacIvor was described as a "plucky" player who had a "good turn of speed". [3]

MacIvor appeared in all four Tests for Ireland in the 1912 Five Nations Championship. [4] In Ireland's final fixture, against Wales in Belfast, MacIvor scored a try to help secure a win, which was enough to leave the Irish as joint Five Nations champions with England. [5] He played three further Tests in the 1913 Five Nations Championship. [4]

Death

During a practice match at College Park on 17 October 1913, MacIvor received a blow to his head and had to retire hurt ten minutes later. [2] He took a tram back to his home on Upper Pembroke Street where he became ill and was advised by a doctor to go to hospital. [2] [3] An operation was performed the following morning on 18 October to relieve pressure on his brain but he died two hours later. [3] [6] The coroner determined that he died from compression of the brain, as a result of an accidental fall at the football match. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland Player Archive". Irish Rugby Official Website. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Irish rugby player dies after match". RTÉ.ie . Century Ireland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Irish Footballer's Death". Daily Herald . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 27 November 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Charles MacIvor - Test matches". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ireland v Wales at Belfast". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Miscellaneous. University Students Fatalities". The West Australian . Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 22 October 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 27 September 2015.


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