Alex Palmer (rugby union)

Alex Palmer

OBE

Full name	Alexander Croydon Palmer
Date of birth	(1887-08-02)2 August 1887
Place of birth	Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death	16 October 1963(1963-10-16) (aged 76)
Place of death	Mid-East Surrey, England
School	Waitaki Boys' High School
University	University of Otago University of London
Occupation(s)	Surgeon
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing three-quarter International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1909 England 2 (10) 1910 British Lions

Alexander Croydon Palmer (2 August 1887 – 16 October 1963) was a New Zealand-born surgeon and England international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Dunedin, Palmer attended the University of Otago, before further studies at the University of London. He had played rugby at university in New Zealand and was capped twice for England as a wing three-quarter in the 1909 Home Nations. Most notably, Palmer contributed two tries on debut at Lansdowne Road, to help defeat an Ireland side that were unable to contend with the pace of England's three-quarters.[1] He toured Argentina with the British Lions in 1910.[2]

Palmer graduated with honours from the University of London in 1910 with a MBBS degree.[3]

During World War I, Palmer was an acting major and head of the Surgical Division of No. 32 Stationary Hospital, for which he was appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE).[3]

Palmer was a consulting obstetrician and gynaecological surgeon at King's College Hospital.[3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players
• List of British & Irish Lions players

References

1. "Ireland v. England". The Times. 15 February 1909.
2. "#163 Alex Palmer". British & Irish Lions.
3. "Obituary". British Medical Journal: 1069. 26 October 1963.

External links

• Alex Palmer at ESPNscrum