Jack Molony
| Full name | Jack Ursala Molony | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thurles, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 September 2008 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Jack Ursala Molony (21 October 1924 — 9 September 2008) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Molony attended CBS Thurles and Roscrea College, then studied medicine at University College Dublin, where he won a Leinster Senior Cup as a varsity rugby player in 1948. He also competed for Bective Rangers, Leinster and was capped once for Ireland, playing in the second row against Scotland at Lansdowne Road during the 1950 Five Nations.[1]
A doctor, Molony specialised in the field of rheumatology.[2]
Molony's grandson, Ross Molony, played for Leinster and Ireland Wolfhounds.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Four changes in XV to meet Scotland". Belfast News-Letter. 13 February 1950.
- ^ Culliton, Gary (9 December 2008). "Remembered and respected: Dr Jack Molony, 1924-2008". Irish Medical Times.
- ^ "'I'm hoping I can go on and do that for them' - Ross Molony's family ties as he pushes for first Ireland cap". Irish Independent. 29 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Jack Molony at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2008 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- People from Thurles
- Rugby union players from County Tipperary
- Rugby union locks
- Bective Rangers players
- Leinster Rugby players
- University College Dublin R.F.C. players
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- People educated at Cistercian College, Roscrea
- Irish rheumatologists