Donal Joseph Hingerty (11 January 1920 — 12 December 2007) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | Donal Joseph Hingerty | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 January 1920 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 December 2007 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | O'Connell School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Dave Hingerty (son) | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Educated at O'Connell School in Dublin, Hingerty played rugby for University College Dublin and debuted for Ireland in a 1945 wartime international, before making three further unofficial appearances in 1946.[1] He was capped officially in the 1947 Five Nations, where he played all four of Ireland's fixtures.[2]
Hingerty was a Professor of Biochemistry at University College Dublin.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Honour for veteran Irish trio". Irish Independent. 5 March 1994.
- ^ "And still I live in hope to see Lansdowne's holy ground once more". Irish Independent. 1 April 2006.
- ^ "Multivitamin supplements are little more than expensive placebos". The Irish Times. 15 August 2024.
External links
edit- Don Hingerty at ESPNscrum