Jorge Stewart
{{Short description|Argentine rugby union player}}
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| birth_date = c.1900
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Jorge Stewart was an Argentine rugby union footballer, president of San Isidro Club.{{Citation|title=Presidentes del club|publisher=San Isidro Club|url=http://www.sanisidroclub.com.ar/presidentes-del-club|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-date=2016-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512003747/http://www.sanisidroclub.com.ar/presidentes-del-club|url-status=dead}} and vice president of the Argentine Rugby Union.{{Citation|title=Memoria y Balance|publisher=Argentine Rugby Union|url=http://www.uar.com.ar/pdf/memorias/1952.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903234244/http://www.uar.com.ar/pdf/memorias/1952.pdf|archive-date=2013-09-03}}
Career
Stewart was born in Buenos Aires around 1900. In the 1920s, he began his career in the Club Atlético San Isidro. In 1935 was sanctioned together with other San Isidro players, by the executive committee of the CASI. That same year he participated in the founding of the SIC. Stewart was the captain of the team in 1936.{{Citation|title=Capitanes de la 1ra división|publisher=San Isidro Club|url=http://www.sanisidroclub.com.ar/capitanes-de-la-1ra-division|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-date=2016-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508090914/http://www.sanisidroclub.com.ar/capitanes-de-la-1ra-division|url-status=dead}}
On May 3, 1936, the San Isidro Club played its first match against Olivos Rugby Club, with a score 7–6 in favor of Olivos.{{Citation|title=SIC: el alumbramiento|publisher=La Nación|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/720582-sic-el-alumbramiento|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-date=2012-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105045256/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/720582-sic-el-alumbramiento|url-status=dead}} He also played for the national team, his first test match was against South Africa, on July 16, 1932.{{Citation|title=Jorge Stewart:Argentina|publisher=ESPN|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/argentina/rugby/player/4028.html|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-date=2016-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703004317/http://en.espn.co.uk/argentina/rugby/player/4028.html|url-status=live}}
Jorge Stewart was president of the San Isidro Club, between April 26, 1950, and May 10, 1954.
Titles
- Torneo de la URBA (5): 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1939
References
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External links
- [http://www.rugbytime.com/noticias/se-cumplen-80-anos-del-nacimiento-del-san-isidro-club/ www.rugbytime.com]
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Category:Argentine rugby union players