Daniel Langan Explained

Daniel Langan
Full Name:Daniel Joseph Langan
Birth Date:19 March 1910
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Position:Fullback
Repyears1:1934
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Daniel Joseph Langan (19 March 1910 — 9 October 1985) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Dublin, Langan represented Munster and gained his solitary Ireland cap in the 1934 Home Nations, displacing Robin Pratt at fullback for the match against Wales in Swansea, towards the end of which he broke his collarbone.[1]

Langan won his Ireland cap while with Clontarf and later played for Garryowen.[2]

An oil executive, Langan was the father of restaurateur Peter Langan, founder of Langan's Brasserie.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: A rather unhappy debut for Pratt at Twickenham! . . 5 August 1988.
  2. News: Inter Provincial . . 28 November 1936.
  3. News: Peter Langan . . 9 December 1988.