Have any British & Irish Lions played international soccer?
Anon No British & Irish Lion has yet appeared in soccer World Cup Finals, but two former Lions won international soccer honours. Brian Price, the Wales and 1966 Lions lock in Australia and New Zealand, was an agile goalkeeper who, during his National Service, was called on to play an international for British North Borneo. One of the original British tourists to Australia and New Zealand in 1888 was Dr John Smith of Edinburgh. He went officially as the team’s medical man but played as a forward in eight of the tour games. He had been a forward for Scotland in ten soccer international matches between 1877 and 1884.
