Rugby player
| Birth name | Edmund John Stanfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 June 1960 (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edmund John Stanfield (8 April 1902 – 18 June 1960), known in Argentina as Edmundo Stanfield, was an Irish rugby union footballer who played for Club Atlético San Isidro and the Argentina national rugby union team.
Career
Stanfield played at fly-half for the CASI, where he had started his career in the late 1910s. In the Club Atlético San Isidro, he won several championships organized by the URBA.
Stanfield was a player and Coach of Los Pumas. He played his first test match against Springboks, on 16 July 1932. That same year Stanfield was appointed as Coach of the national team.
References
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- Buenos Aires to Southampton; UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
- "Birth of EDMUND (JOHN) STANFIELD on 08 April 1902". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
- MEMORIA y BALANCE (PDF), UAR, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2012
- Todo es historia, Números 295-299, 1992, 1992
- El CASI, un ejemplo a seguir, La Prensa
- Edmundo Stanfield:Argentina, ESPN
- Pumas: Entrenadores de todos los tiempos (PDF), Argentine Rugby Union, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2016, retrieved 11 May 2016
External links
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