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| name = William Cullen<br />
| birth_name = William John Cullen<br />
| birth_date = 7 December 1894<br />
| death_date = 28 June 1960<br />
| birth_place = Balghupar?<br/>India<br />
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| position = [[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre|Centre]]<br />
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| repyears1 = 1920<br />
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'''William John Cullen''' (7 December 1894 – 28 June 1960) was an [[Ireland national rugby union team|Irish]] [[Rugby union|rugby]] international. He won one cap against [[England national rugby union team|England]] in 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000002/000251.shtml |title=Stirling set to make history in Pakistan |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> Cullen also played [[first-class cricket]] while in [[British India]], playing eight first-class matches for the [[Europeans cricket team]] and a combined [[Europeans and Parsees cricket team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13247/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Cullen |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored a total of 376 runs in his eight matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 31.33 and a high score of 120,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13247/13247.html |title=Player profile: William Cullen |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> which came for the Europeans against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in the final of the 1927/28 [[Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12542.html |title=Europeans v Muslims, 1927/28 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Cullen died in England in June 1960 at [[Hemingford Grey|Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.irishrugby.ie/227_7678.php?player=23760&includeref=dynamic IRFU Profile]<br />
*{{cite book | author = Jones, Stephen | year = 1994 | title = Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95 | publisher = Headline | isbn = 0-7472-7850-4 }}<br />
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