George Stephenson (rugby union)

George Vaughan Stephenson (22 December 1901 – 6 August 1970) born in Dromore, County Down was an Irish rugby union player and doctor.

Stephenson played club rugby for Queens University, North of Ireland, Middlesex, the London Hospital, Haileybury College, London Irish and Barbarians and international rugby for Ireland, winning forty two caps and holding multiple rugby records His father was a Church of Ireland clergyman.

Stephenson also held the Irish try-scoring record of 14 for over 62 years from 31 December 1928 until broken by Brendan Mullin on 16 March 1991.

During his ten-year playing career with Ireland, he only missed one game due to injury against Scotland on 23 February 1929.

He stayed in London for the rest of his life but suffered from severe arthritis in later years.