George Hall Stack (2 March 1850 — 14 November 1876) was an Irish international rugby union player.
| Full name | George Hall Stack | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 March 1850 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Omagh, Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 November 1876 (aged 26) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Barrister | ||||||||||||
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The son of a Omagh barrister, Stack attended Raphoe College in County Donegal and studied law at Trinity College Dublin, playing rugby for the Dublin University Football Club.[1]
Stack was influential in the formation of what became the Irish Rugby Football Union, hosting the meeting where it was decided to found an organising body. He served as a committeeman and captained Ireland for their historic first ever international in 1875, against England at The Oval, which would be his only national cap.[2]
In 1876, Stack died from an accidental opiate overdose, at the age of 26.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Murphy, David. "Stack, George Hall". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
- ^ "Irish tales of old show fortune hasn't favoured the brave". Irish Independent. 12 November 2005.
- ^ "The Death From Chloral At Dublin". Bradford Daily Telegraph. 16 November 1876.
External links
edit- George Stack at ESPNscrum