Gerry Hardy Explained

Gerry Hardy
Full Name:Gerald Gabriel Hardy
Birth Date:29 March 1937
Birth Place:Omeath, County Louth,
Ireland
Death Place:Drogheda, County Louth,
Ireland
Position:Fly-half
Repyears1:1962
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Gerald Gabriel Hardy (29 March 1937 — 27 October 1963) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Omeath, County Louth, Hardy was the son of a businessman and younger brother of priest Michael Hardy, well known as a Louth GAA player in the 1940s.[1]

Hardy played his rugby for Bective Rangers and was capped once for Ireland, as a fly-half against Scotland at Lansdowne Road during the 1962 Five Nations, in partnership with 17-year old scrum-half John Quirke.[2]

In 1963, Hardy was one of six people killed in a car accident near Gormanston.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Sadness at death of former curate . . 17 August 2000 . en.
  2. News: Powerful Scots May Crush Irish Hopes . . 23 February 1962.
  3. News: Rugby Star, Three Northerners Die in Head-on Collision . Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner . 2 November 1963.
  4. News: Appalling Accident Near Gormanston . . 2 November 1963.