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,f D.S.O. FOR FOOTBALL PLAYER. 1. On the first day of the war every fi Rurgy footballer literally rushed to tb colours. And in the greatest and mos glorious of all scrums was Edgar. Mobbs the famous English three-quarter, and for mer captain of the Northampton Club. Refused a commission, he joined as t private, and after 18 months' service hac ■® risen to the rank of lieutenant-colonel n And now in the latest Gazette is the inti e mation that he has been awarded tin a D.B.o.—which is in keeping with tin :e athletic record of a remarkable man. i ( , Standing fully 6ft high, . immensely 6 strong, Lieutenant-Colonel Mobbs "was oni i- of the most popular Rugby footballers thi r, game has known. There have beei jfe greater and more brilliant, players, bu d none who played harder than he did. B it got his first cap for England in 1909, whej e ho J,ook part in ' all the inter-countrj n games,* and in tho following season hi ff played against Ireland and' Franco l ( .- N iv X'" ■ X'X >, 'V /' ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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184FROM PRIVATE TO COLONEL New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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