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| Full name | Robert Muir Kinnear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1904 Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 September 1942(1942-09-22) (aged 38) Uxbridge, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Muir "Roy" Kinnear[2] (3 February 1904 – 22 September 1942) was a Scottishdual-code internationalrugby union and professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) forBritish Lions andScotland and representative level rugby league (RL) forGreat Britain andOther Nationalities.[1] His son was the character actorRoy Kinnear and his grandson is the actorRory Kinnear.
He played club level rugby union (RU) forHeriot's Rugby Club as aCentre. Kinnear woncaps forScotland in 1926 against France, Wales and Ireland and won caps forBritish and Irish Lions while atHeriot's Rugby Club in 1924 against South Africa (4 matches). He was unique amongst Scottish rugby union defectors in that he originally played for a former pupils (FP) club, rather than one of the Border teams.[3]
Kinnear played rugby league forWigan as acentre. He played right-centre in Wigan's 5–4 victory overWidnes in the1928 Lancashire Cup Final during the1928–29 season atWilderspool Stadium,Warrington on Saturday 24 November 1928.[4]
Kinnear played left-centre and scored atry in Wigan's 13–2 victory overDewsbury in the1928–29 Northern Rugby Football League season'sChallenge Cup Final atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 4 May 1929.[5]
He won caps forOther Nationalities (RL) while at Wigan in 1929 against England, in 1930 against England (2 matches), and won a cap forGreat Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1929 against Australia.[1]
He scored 81 tries in 182 games for Wigan.
He collapsed and died while playingrugby union with theRAF during World War II in 1942, aged 38.
TheScotland Rugby League Student Player of the Year Award is named after him.
