Birth name | Edmund John Stanfield[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 April 1902[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 June 1960 (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edmund John Stanfield (8 April 1902 – 18 June 1960), known in Argentina as Edmundo Stanfield, was an Irish rugby union footballer who played for Club Atlético San Isidro and the Argentina national rugby union team.[5]
Stanfield played at fly-half for the CASI, where he had started his career in the late 1910s.[6] In the Club Atlético San Isidro, he won several championships organized by the URBA.[7]
Stanfield was a player and Coach of Los Pumas. He played his first test match against Springboks, on 16 July 1932.[8] That same year Stanfield was appointed as Coach of the national team.[9]