Wally Bornemann
| Full name | Walter William Bornemann | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 January 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 March 2021 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
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Walter William Bornemann (19 January 1936 — 1 March 2021) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dublin, Bornemann was a Wanderers wing three-quarter and gained selection for Ireland's squad in 1960 on the back of a hat-trick of tries he scored in the final trial match.[1] He featured on a wing in three of their 1960 Five Nations fixtures, as well as a match against the touring Springboks at Lansdowne Road.[2]
Bornemann served as a secretary of Portmarnock Golf Club.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ominous". Daily Herald. 13 February 1960.
- ^ "Selectors Could Have Chosen This Side Weeks Ago". Belfast Telegraph. 12 December 1960.
- ^ "Cuddy" very definitely his own man". Sunday Independent. 4 July 1993.
External links
[edit]- Wally Bornemann at ESPNscrum