Horsey Browne

{{short description|Irish rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Horsey Browne | birth_name = William Fraser Browne | birth_date = 29 January 1903 | death_date = 23 May 1931 | birth_place = Longford<br>Ireland | height = | weight = | ru_currentteam = | ru_currentposition = | position = Flanker, prop, No. 8 | ru_clubupdate = | clubs1 = Devonport Services RFC | clubs2 = United Services RFC | clubs3 = Army | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | province1 = | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = | repyears1 = 1925–1928 | repteam1 = Ireland | repcaps1 = 12 | reppoints1 = 3 | ru_ntupdate = }} '''William Fraser "Horsey" Browne''' (1903–1931) was a British army and Irish rugby international. He won 12 caps between 1925 and 1928. He started playing whilst serving as a lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Played for both Devonport Services RFC and United Services RFC.

==References== *[http://www.espnscrum.com/ireland/rugby/player/3228.html Horsey Browne] at Scrum.com [Dead Link] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121233729/http://www.irishrugby.ie/227_7678.php?includeref=dynamic&player=23652 IRFU Profile] *{{cite book | author = Jones, Stephen | year = 1994 | title = Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95 | publisher = Headline | isbn = 0-7472-7850-4 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Horsey}} Category:1903 births Category:1931 deaths Category:Irish rugby union players Category:Ireland international rugby union players Category:Duke of Wellington's Regiment officers Category:Rugby union props Category:Sportspeople from County Longford Category:Devonport Services R.F.C. players Category:Army rugby union players Category:United Services players Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen