Victor Lyttle
| Full name | Victor Johnstone Lyttle | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 July 1911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 September 1996 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Methodist College | ||||||||||||||||
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Victor Johnstone Lyttle (17 July 1911 — 7 September 1996) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Belfast, Lyttle was the son of photographer R. Clements Lyttle, a noted association football administrator. He attended Methodist College Belfast and subsequently competed for Collegians, before moving to London.[1]
Lyttle, a wing three-quarter, played in London for Harlequins, then took up a job with Kodak in Birmingham and transferred to Bedford.[2] He was an East Midlands representative player and toured Wales with the Barbarians in 1938. Capped three times for Ireland, Lyttle debuted against England in a 1938 Home Nations at Lansdowne Road and made a further two appearances during their 1939 Home Nations campaign.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "V. J. Lyttle Joins Up". Northern Whig. 7 March 1941.
- ^ "Future International?". Birmingham Gazette. 31 October 1935.
- ^ "Victor Lyttle's Rugby Cap". Belfast Telegraph. 31 January 1938.
External links
[edit]- Victor Lyttle at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1996 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Belfast
- Rugby union wings
- People educated at Methodist College Belfast
- East Midlands RFU players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Ulster Rugby players
- Collegians (Belfast) rugby union players
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Bedford Blues players