John Fegan (rugby union)

John Herbert Crangle Fegan FRCS (17 May 1868 – 26 July 1949)[1] was an English rugby union wing who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England. Fegan was an all-round sportsman, playing cricket for Blackheath[2] and was a member of the Eagle Lawn Tennis Club at St John's College.[3]

John Fegan

Fegan in England jersey
Birth name	John Herbert Crangle Fegan
Date of birth	20 January 1872
Place of birth	Kent, England
Date of death	26 July 1949 (aged 77)
Place of death	Hemel Hempstead, England
School	Blackheath Proprietary School
University	St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	surgeon
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Blackheath F.C. Barbarian F.C. () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1895 England 3 (3)

Personal history

Fegan was born in Old Charlton, Kent to Richard Fegan, a physician from Blackheath, and Annie Sarah Pease.[4] He was educated at Blackheath Proprietary School before matriculating to St John's College, Cambridge in 1888. On leaving Cambridge he entered the medical profession and became a surgeon. He married Mollie Barrington MacKinnon in 1898 and they had four children. With the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the British Army and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[5] He died in Hemel Hempstead in 1949.

Bibliography

• Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.

References

1. John Fegen player profile Scrum.com
2. John Fegan cricket profile cricketarchive.com
3. Members Of St John's College (2008), The Eagle, BiblioBazaar, pg. 411 ISBN 978-0-554-73501-6
4. "Fegan, John Herbert Crangle (FGN888JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. London Gazette, 16 February 1916 London-Gazette.co.uk