Dion Caldwell Glass (15 May 1934 — 11 April 2011) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]

Dion Glass
Full nameDion Caldwell Glass
Date of birth(1934-05-15)15 May 1934
Place of birthBelfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death11 April 2011(2011-04-11) (aged 76)
Place of deathBelfast, Northern Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half / Three-quarter
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958–61 Ireland 4 (0)

Born in Belfast, Glass attended Methodist College Belfast, which he captained to the 1952 Ulster Schools' Cup title.[2]

Glass, a Collegians player, was capped four times for Ireland in intermittent appearances from 1958 to 1961. His first three caps were as a centre or wing three-quarter, then on the 1961 tour of South Africa he was utilised as the fly-half against the Springboks at Olën Park at Cape Town.[3]

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  1. ^ "Collegian Out 6 Weeks". Belfast News-Letter. 23 October 1962.
  2. ^ "'Old Boys' will make it a day to remember". Belfast News-Letter. 16 March 2002.
  3. ^ "Seven Ulstermen in Irish Test team". Belfast Telegraph. 10 May 1961.
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