Victor Lyttle

Victor Johnstone Lyttle (17 July 1911 — 7 September 1996) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Victor Lyttle

Full name	Victor Johnstone Lyttle
Date of birth	(1911-07-17)17 July 1911
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland
Date of death	7 September 1996(1996-09-07) (aged 85)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
School	Methodist College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938–39 Ireland 3 (0)

Born in Belfast, Lyttle was the son of photographer R. Clements Lyttle, a noted association football administrator. He attended Methodist College Belfast and subsequently competed for Collegians, before moving to London.^[1]

Lyttle, a wing three-quarter, played in London for Harlequins, then took up a job with Kodak in Birmingham and transferred to Bedford.^[2] He was an East Midlands representative player and toured Wales with the Barbarians in 1938. Capped three times for Ireland, Lyttle debuted against England in a 1938 Home Nations at Lansdowne Road and made a further two appearances during their 1939 Home Nations campaign.^[3]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players