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John Henry Dods (30 September 1875 – 30 December 1915) was a
Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
rugby union player. He was capped eight times for between 1895 and 1897. He also played for
Edinburgh Academicals The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Accies, is a rugby union club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is currently a member of the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby. Its home ground is Raeburn Pl ...
. He was the brother of
Francis Dods Francis Dods (23 February 1879 – 29 June 1910) was a Scottish rugby union player.Bath, p. 137 He was capped once for in 1901. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Acci ...
who was also capped for Scotland. Dods was killed along with his wife and three children, whilst on board , which suffered a series of explosions, killing hundreds of people.


Early life


Rugby career

Following the trials match on 28 December 1894, Dods was again selected for Scotland, to play against Wales on 25 January 1895.


International appearances


Death

On 30 December 1915, Dods, his wife and three children were aboard , guests of the ship's captain Eric Back. The ship, a Warrior Class cruiser, part of the Second Cruiser Squadron, was lying at anchor in the Cromarty Firth, in the north of Scotland. A series of explosions on board caused the ship to capsize with the loss of hundreds of lives, including those of Dods and his family.


See also

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List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War This is a list of international rugby union players who died serving in armed forces during the First World War. Most of these came from the British Commonwealth, but a number of French international rugby players were also killed. A number o ...


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Bibliography

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External links

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Commonwealth War Graves database

An entire team wiped out by the Great War
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