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Samuel Lee (26 September 1871 — 4 January 1944) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | Samuel Lee | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 September 1871 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 January 1944 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||
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A native of Donaghadee, Lee attended Royal Belfast Academical Institution and was still a schoolboy when he was selected as a reserve for Ireland, before gaining the first of his 19 caps in the 1891 Home Nations. He was a member of Ireland triple crown-winning 1894 team and captained them to the championship in 1896.[1]
Lee served as president of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1899–00.[1]
In 1904, Lee was the referee of a Calcutta Cup match between England and Scotland.[2]
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