| Joe Gaston | |
| Full Name: | Joseph Tate Gaston |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Cloughmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Death Place: | Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation: | Medical doctor |
| School: | Ballymena Academy |
| University: | Trinity College Dublin |
| Position: | Wing |
| Repyears1: | 1954–56 |
| Repcaps1: | 8 |
| Reppoints1: | 3 |
Joseph Tate Gaston (28 November 1930 – 19 October 2024) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Cloughmills, near Ballymena, Gaston was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Gaston, who captained Dublin University, was a speedy wing three-quarter. He represented Ulster and was capped eight times for Ireland during the 1950s, debuting against the touring 1954–55 All Blacks at Lansdowne Road.[2]
A doctor, Gaston played for Northampton while posted to Northampton General Hospital.[3]
Gaston raised three sons and two daughters with wife Maureen, a former Moyle District Councillor. His wife and daughter Kathryn were both killed in a car accident in Moss-side in 1982.[4]
Gaston died in Coleraine, County Londonderry on 19 October 2024, at the age of 93.[5]