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8 athlete profiles

SportSupport athlete profiles are informational and sourced from publicly available records. Current roles, rankings and affiliations can change; check the relevant federation or official source for the latest status.

Rugby · Himachal Pradesh

Andy Mulligan

Andrew Armstrong Mulligan (4 February 1936 – 24 February 2001) was a rugby union international who captained Ireland and the British & Irish Lions, playing at scrum-half.

Rugby · Uttarakhand

Franco Properzi

Franco Properzi Curti (born 4 November 1965) is an Italian professional rugby union coach and former player who played as a prop. He was born in Dehradun, India, due to his father work there. He returned to Italy with his family, starting his rugby player career at Amatori Rugby Milano, where he would play from 1984/85 to 1997/98.

Rugby · West Bengal

Henry Braddon

Sir Henry Yule Braddon (27 April 1863 – 8 September 1955) was an Australian diplomat, businessman, and rugby union player who played for Otago, New South Wales and New Zealand.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Rugby

Ken Fyfe

Kenneth Carmichael Fyfe (14 April 1914 – 29 January 1974) was a Scottish rugby union player.

Rugby · Maharashtra

Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain (born 9 March 1980) is the former Indian rugby union player and the former captain of the India national rugby union team. C. & Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Competed at 2006 Asian Games
Rugby · West Bengal

Rahul Bose

Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor, sports administrator and former rugby player who works in Hindi films. Bose serves as the president of Rugby India since 2021. He has appeared in Bengali films such as Mr.

Rugby

Sumitra Nayak

Sumitra Nayak (born 8 March 2000) is a female rugby player from Jajpur, Odisha, India. She has won medals for India and played a crucial role in the country's bronze medal win in the 2019 Asian Women Championship by scoring a penalty kick in a closely-fought match against Singapore.

Rugby · Maharashtra

Tom Pearson

Thomas William Rory Pearson (10 May 1872 – 12 September 1957) was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but also in squash, tennis, hockey and golf.