Charles Coates (sportsman)
The Reverend Charles Hutton Coates (4 May 1857 – 15 February 1922)[1] was a clergyman who also played international rugby union for England. An all round sportsman, he competed, in archery, at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London for Great Britain.[2]
| Birth name | Charles Hutton Coates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 May 1857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 February 1922 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Boscombe, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sporting career
Coates made his England international début in rugby union against Scotland on 28 February 1880. He would go on to earn three caps, with his final match, also against Scotland, on 4 March 1882.[3]
At the Olympics, Coates entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 18th place with 418 points.[4]
References
- Charles Coates player profile Scrum.com
- "Charles Coates". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- "Charles Coates". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- "Charles Coates". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- Buchanan, Ian British Olympians. Guinness Publishing (1991) ISBN 0-85112-952-8
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Archery 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 12 July 2006.
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