Patrick O'Connor (rugby union)
| Full name | Patrick John O'Connor | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 April 1863 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 December 1919 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||
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Patrick John O'Connor (18 April 1863 — 26 December 1919) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Raised in Dublin, O'Connor attended Clondalkin College and Blackrock College.[1]
O'Connor played for Dublin club Lansdowne, forming a halfback partnership with the 15-times capped Robert Warren, with whom he also teamed with for his solitary Ireland cap in 1887, against Wales at Birkenhead.[1]
An auctioneer by profession, O'Connor took over his father's Queen street business during the 1880s and became well known around Dublin, specialising in the sale of cattle.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Death Of Mr P. J. O'Connor J.P". Dublin Evening Telegraph. 27 December 1919.
- ^ "Noted Dublin Auctioneer Passes Away on Christmas Day". Weekly Freeman's Journal. 3 January 1920.
External links
[edit]- Patrick O'Connor at ESPNscrum