# Eric Steinthal
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{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
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| name = Eric Steinthal
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| full_name = Francis Eric Steinthal
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|11|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Bradford](/source/Bradford), Yorkshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|05|23|1886|11|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [Cuckfield](/source/Cuckfield), Sussex, England
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| position = Centre
| repyears1 = 1913
| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1 = 2
| reppoints1 = 0
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'''Francis Eric Steinthal''' (21 November 1886 – 23 May 1974), also known as '''Francis Eric Petrie''', was an English international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.
Of German-Jewish descent, Steinthal was born in [Bradford](/source/Bradford) and attended [Bradford Grammar School](/source/Bradford_Grammar_School). His father was a local yarn merchant and his mother an artist. He read history at [Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford).[{{cite journal |title=Lot 132 ‘Trinity College Oxford, An Album’ |journal=Trinity (The Newsletter of Trinity College Oxford) |issue=Spring 2023 |pages=16 & 17}}]
Steinthal, an Oxford blue, was a centre three-quarter and represented Yorkshire from 1906 to 1913. He gained two [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) caps during their grand slam-winning [1913 Five Nations](/source/1913_Five_Nations) campaign, in back to back matches against Wales at Cardiff and France at Twickenham.[{{cite news |title=Wales v. England |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/798660342 |work=[The Gloucestershire Echo](/source/The_Gloucestershire_Echo) |date=18 January 1913}}]
In World War I, Steinthal adopted his mother's maiden name Petrie, to serve in the [Royal Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Fusiliers).[{{cite news |title=Brothers in arms stuck together as war rages |url=https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/11832162.brothers-in-arms-stuck-together-as-war-rages/ |work=[Ilkley Gazette](/source/Ilkley_Gazette) |date=4 March 2015 |language=en}}]
Steinthal was a schoolmaster by profession and married German-born artist [Maria Petrie](/source/Maria_Petrie) (née Zimmern). They immigrated to [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California), and he took up American citizenship in 1949, but lived his final years back in England, after the death of his wife.