Ernie Keeffe
| Full name | Ernest P. Keeffe | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 November 1991 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Ernest P. Keeffe (16 March 1919 — 30 November 1991) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Cork, Keeffe was a Sundays Well forward, capped six times for Ireland. He played in Ireland's second row for all four 1947 Five Nations matches and ended the year with an appearance against the touring Wallabies, used as a wing-forward. In 1948, Keeffe featured in the first Five Nations match, a win over France in Paris, en route to the team claiming their first ever grand slam.[2]
Keeffe also represented Ireland as a boxer.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Keeffe in form". Northern Whig. 14 November 1949.
- ^ "Sportsmen and Women who died in 1991". Sunday Tribune. 29 December 1991.
- ^ "The history of Cork boxing looks set to be shown on our screens next year". Echo Live. 31 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Ernie Keeffe at ESPNscrum