Emile de Lissa
{{short description|Australian rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = Emile Ernest Vere de Lissa
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| birth_place = Sydney, Australia
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| school = Sydney Grammar School
University College School
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| clubs1 = Blackheath F.C.
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Emile Ernest Vere de Lissa (30 January 1871 – 16 August 1955){{cite web| url=http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/roll-of-honour/profiles/ |title=Emile de Lissa |publisher=barbarianfc.co.uk |access-date=11 August 2011}} was a British rugby union official who became the second president of the Barbarians.
Personal history
De Lissa was born in Sydney, Australia in 1871 and was educated at Sydney Grammar School. At around the age of 11 his family moved to England, continuing his schooling at University College School.Starmer Smith (1977) p. 207 He was a keen sportsman, and although he was a member of Blackheath F.C., he was not a player of note and his career was ended by a foot injury followed by a long sojourn to Germany. De Lissa also played croquet and won the Croquet Association Silver Medal in 1909, and was selected as one of the country's ten best players when he was entered for the Beddow Cup in 1923.
Rugby career
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Starmer-Smith |first=Nigel |title=The Barbarians |year=1977 |publisher=Macdonald & Jane's Publishers|isbn=0-86007-552-4}}
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Category:Academics of University College London
Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Blackheath F.C. players
Category:People educated at Sydney Grammar School
Category:Rugby union officials
Category:Rugby union players from Sydney