| Full name | William Bayard Hynes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1889-04-06)6 April 1889 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Portsea, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 March 1968(1968-03-02) (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Chichester, England | ||||||||||||||||
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William Bayard Hynes (6 April 1889 – 2 March 1968) was an English international rugby union player.
A Royal Navy officer, Hynes played rugby for United Services and was capped as a forward for England against France at Paris during the 1912 Five Nations Championship.
Hynes was decorated with a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his military service.
From 1931 to 1933, Hynes served as director of Naval Intelligence for the Royal Canadian Navy.
See also
References
- "France v. England". Newcastle Daily Chronicle. 8 April 1912.
- "To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order". The London Gazette. 1: 375.
- "Who's who". Hynes, Capt. William Bayard. 94. A. & C. Black: 1585. 1942.
External links
- William Hynes at ESPNscrum
- 1889 births
- 1968 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Hampshire
- Rugby union forwards
- United Services players
- Royal Navy officers
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- 20th-century English sportsmen