Henry Kayll
| Full name | Henry Edward Kayll | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 July 1855 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 February 1910 (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Vancouver, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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Henry Edward Kayll (16 July 1855 – 14 February 1910) was an English international rugby union player.
Kayll was the son of former Sunderland mayor John James Kayll.[1]
An all–round sportsman, Kayll was a British pole vault champion and as a rugby fullback earned representative honours for England in 1878, featuring in a drawn match against Scotland at The Oval.[2]
Kayll immigrated to Canada soon after attaining his England cap.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Sporting Gossip". The Sun: Sunday Edition. 17 April 1910.
- ^ "The International Football Match". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 6 March 1878.
- ^ "From All Parts". Leicester Evening Mail. 12 March 1910.
External links
- Henry Kayll at ESPNscrum (archive)