Paddy Lawlor
Rugby player
Full name | Patrick John Lawlor | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1928-03-21)21 March 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 May 2015(2015-05-26) (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
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Patrick John Lawlor (21 March 1928 — 26 May 2015) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Dublin, Lawlor was the elder brother of Olympic hammer thrower John Lawlor.[2]
Lawlor, a lock, played much of his rugby with Clontarf and was a Leinster representative player. He won 12 Ireland caps, debuting against Scotland at Murrayfield during their championship-winning 1951 Five Nations campaign. His international career included Ireland's 1952 tour of South America, where he made an uncapped appearance against Argentina.[3]
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External links
- Paddy Lawlor at ESPNscrum