Henry Holland "Jumbo" Vassall (23 March 1887 – 8 October 1949)
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player, best known as a centre for

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in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1908 Vassall played a single international rugby game for

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and that same year for the

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team on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vassall, Henry Holland 1887 births 1949 deaths English rugby union players Rugby union centres Barbarian F.C. players Oxford University RFC players England international rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England People educated at Bedford School Rugby union players from Devon