Herbert Arthur Loveitt (8 March 1874 – 18 February 1909) was a

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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 it ...

player. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won

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as part of the Great Britain team in what was the first rugby union competition at an

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* * 1874 births 1909 deaths Olympic rugby union players for Great Britain English rugby union players Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Rugby union players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from Warwickshire Rugby union fullbacks Coventry R.F.C. players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub