Hector Kennedy
| Date of birth | 1 July 1917 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 15 July 1975 (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Washington DC, United States | ||||||||||||||||
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Hector Kennedy (1 July 1917 — 15 January 1975) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Kennedy was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast.[2]
A prop, Kennedy played for Instonians and was varsity captain at Queen's University. He moved to England to practise medicine after getting his degree, playing there for Bradford and Yorkshire. In 1938, Kennedy was capped twice for Ireland in the 1938 Home Nations, for away matches against Scotland and Wales.[3]
Kennedy served as a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. He was awarded an MBE in 1945 for his gallantry in North West Europe and also received the Croix de Guerre.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Unsatisfactory Packing". Northern Whig. 1 February 1938.
- ^ a b "Obituary". Belfast News-Letter. 17 January 1975.
- ^ "Major H. Kennedy Awarded M.B.E." Belfast Telegraph. 14 February 1945.
External links
[edit]- Hector Kennedy at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1975 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Belfast
- Rugby union props
- Queen's University RFC players
- Instonians rugby union players
- Bradford RFC players
- Yorkshire County RFU players
- People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)
- Emigrants from Northern Ireland to the United States