Patrick O'Connor (rugby union) explained

Patrick O'Connor
Full Name:Patrick John O'Connor
Birth Date:18 April 1863
Position:Halfback
Repyears1:1887
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Patrick John O'Connor (18 April 1863 — 26 December 1919) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Raised in Dublin, O'Connor attended Clondalkin College and Blackrock College.[1]

O'Connor played for Dublin club Lansdowne, forming a halfback partnership with the 15-times capped Robert Warren, with whom he also teamed with for his solitary Ireland cap in 1887, against Wales at Birkenhead.[1]

An auctioneer by profession, O'Connor took over his father's Queen street business during the 1880s and became well known around Dublin, specialising in the sale of cattle.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Death Of Mr P. J. O'Connor J.P . Dublin Evening Telegraph . 27 December 1919.
  2. News: Noted Dublin Auctioneer Passes Away on Christmas Day . Weekly Freeman's Journal . 3 January 1920.