Valentine Smith
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Date of birth | 21 September 1873 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 August 1940[1] | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Cynwyd, Denbighshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Valentine Smith (21 September 1873 – 8 August 1940) was a British rugby union player. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won silver as part of the Great Britain team in what was the first rugby union competition at an Olympic Games.[2]
References
- ^ Valentine Smith at Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "V. Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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