Godfrey Pinion

Godfrey Pinion (13 September 1884 — 7 December 1956) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Godfrey Pinion

Date of birth	(1884-09-13)13 September 1884
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland
Date of death	7 December 1956(1956-12-07) (aged 72)
Place of death	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1909 Ireland 4 (2)

Pinion was educated at Methodist College Belfast and earned Ulster Schools representative honours. Soon after finishing school, Pinion relocated to Liverpool, where he was at first employed by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.^[1]

A fly-half, Pinion played rugby for Liverpool and Birkenhead Park from 1904 to 1909, making several appearances with Lancashire, before returning to Belfast. He competed for Belfast club Collegians and was capped four times as a fly-half for Ireland in the 1909 Home Nations Championship.^[2]

Pinion worked as an executive in the insurance industry.^[3]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players