John Henry Birtles (1874 in

Moseley Moseley is a suburb of south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants. The area also has a number of boutiques and ot ...

– 4 February 1935 in Moseley) was a British

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who competed in the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

. He was a member of the British rugby union team, which won the silver medal.

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Henry Birtles at databaseOlympics.com
1874 births 1935 deaths English rugby union players Rugby union players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby union players for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics People from Moseley Rugby union players from Birmingham, West Midlands Moseley Rugby Football Club players {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub