William Collis
Full nameWilliam Stewart Collis
Birth date27 September 1860
Birth placeDublin, Ireland
Death date2 January 1947 (aged 86)
Death placeKilliney, Dublin Ireland
OccupationSolicitor
RelativesJohn Collis (son)
Maurice Collis (son)
Robert Collis (son)
PositionForward
Repyears 11884
Repcaps 11
Reppoints 10

William Stewart Collis (27 September 1860 — 2 January 1947) was an Irish international rugby union player.

A Dublin solicitor, Collis played rugby during his youth and received an Ireland cap in 1884, playing as a forward against Wales at Cardiff. He was the head of Collis & Ward Solicitors.[1]

Collis's son Robert was also an Ireland rugby international. Robert's twin brother was the writer John Stewart Collis and another son, Maurice Collis, was a colonial administrator in Burma.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Old Rugby National". Ireland's Saturday Night. 4 January 1947.
  2. ^ "Collis, (William) Robert Fitzgerald ('Bob')". Dictionary of Irish Biography