Birth name | Victor Charles Le Fanu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 October 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 August 1939 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bray, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | ru_position = Flanker, Scrum half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Haileybury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) |
Sheridan Le Fanu paternal uncle Henry Le Fanu, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Land agent [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor Charles Le Fanu (14 October 1865 – 9 August 1939) [2] [3] was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.
Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team. [4] He won three sporting Blues, playing in all three Varsity matches from 1884-1886.
His father was William Le Fanu, a Commissioner of the Irish Board of Works, who more famously was the brother of Sheridan Le Fanu.
Le Fanu was first capped for Ireland on 6 February 1886 in a home game against England. Le Fanu, still at Cambridge, had a difficult start which saw England win comfortably, in front of a then record crowd of 7,000. Le Fanu would represent Ireland on 11 occasions, and in 1892 he captained the team in all three home nation matches.