Dion Glass Explained

Dion Glass
Full Name:Dion Caldwell Glass
Birth Date:15 May 1934
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Death Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position:Fly-half / Three-quarter
Repyears1:1958–61
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

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

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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Notes and References

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