Charles Teehan
| Date of birth | 6 May 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 December 1984 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles Teehan (6 May 1919 — 15 December 1984) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Buttevant, County Cork, Teehan played for University College Cork and was capped three times as a teenage front row forward for Ireland in the 1939 Home Nations, preferred over former captain Sam Walker.[1] He became the first player produced by Highfield RFC to gain an Ireland cap.[2]
Teehan enlisted in the Royal Air Force in World War II.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ready For All". Birmingham Mail. 4 February 1939.
- ^ "Highfield tap into spirit of '66 heroes". Irish Independent. 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Teehan Joining R.A.F." Belfast News-Letter. 24 April 1939.
External links
[edit]- Charles Teehan at ESPNscrum