Timothy McGrath
| Date of birth | 3 October 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 September 1978 (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dungarvan, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Timothy McGrath (3 October 1933 — 23 September 1978) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Cork, McGrath played for Limerick club Garryowen and represented Munster.[1][2]
McGrath, a forward, could play both in the second and back rows of the scrum. Injury prone, McGrath was capped seven times for Ireland in intermittent appearances between 1956 and 1961, utilised as a number eight. This included all matches of the 1960 Five Nations and the 1961 tour South Africa, where he played against the Springboks at Cape Town.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kinsella, Colm (21 January 2017). "When Racing Club visited Limerick in 1955". Limerick Leader.
- ^ "'Overtime' Beats Irish Again". Daily Mirror. 22 December 1960.
- ^ "Leinster Lapses Proved Costly". Sunday Independent. 29 November 1959.
External links
[edit]- Timothy McGrath at ESPNscrum