Don Hingerty Explained

Don Hingerty
Full Name:Donal Joseph Hingerty
Birth Date:11 January 1920
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:Professor
School:O'Connell School
University:University College Dublin
Relatives:Dave Hingerty (son)
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1947
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0

Donal Joseph Hingerty (11 January 1920 — 12 December 2007) was an Irish international rugby union player.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Honour for veteran Irish trio . . 5 March 1994.
  2. News: And still I live in hope to see Lansdowne's holy ground once more . Irish Independent . 1 April 2006 . en.
  3. News: Multivitamin supplements are little more than expensive placebos . . 15 August 2024 . en.