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| Birth name | Herbert Arthur Loveitt | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 March 1874 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Easenhall, Warwickshire, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 February 1909 (aged 34) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Coventry, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Arthur Loveitt (8 March 1874 – 18 February 1909) 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.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Herbert Loveitt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- "Herbert Loveitt". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- Live, Coventry (18 March 2009). "Forgotten story of Coventry and Warwickshire's first Olympic heroes". CoventryLive. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
External links
- Herbert Arthur Loveitt at Olympics.com
- Herbert Arthur Loveitt at Team GB
- Herbert Arthur Loveitt at Olympedia
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