Charles Hanrahan
| Full name | Charles J. Hanrahan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1903 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 February 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cork, Co. Cork Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles J. Hanrahan (1903 — 1969) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Hanrahan was born in Clonmel played for Cork-based club Dolphin RFC. He was capped 20 times for Ireland between 1926 and 1932, utilised primarily as a front row forward.[1] A bank manager by profession, Hanrahan served on the IRFU selection committee for the 1948 grand slam and was elected the union's president in 1954.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish rugby celebrity". Belfast Telegraph. 1 March 1969.
- ^ "Munster man is I.R.F.U. President". Ireland's Saturday Night. 30 October 1954.
External links
[edit]- Charles Hanrahan at ESPNscrum