| Place of birth | Co. Armagh, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 21 March 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dungannon, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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William Gardiner was an Irish international rugby union player.
A native of County Armagh, Gardiner was a North of Ireland three-quarter, capped 17 times for Ireland in the 1890s. He appeared in the 1894 triple crown-winning team and held the captaincy for his final match against Wales in 1898. [1]
Gardiner's nephew James Gardiner was capped for Ireland. [2]
Married with three children, Gardiner was a weaving company director and died of a stroke in 1924. [3]