Adrian Kennedy (rugby union)
| Full name | Adrian George Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 November 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Adrian George Kennedy (born 4 November 1932) is an Irish former international rugby union player.
Born in Derry, Kennedy attended Clooney School, Foyle College and Queen's University Belfast.[1]
Kennedy played rugby for Queen's University RFC, earning Irish Universities representative honours. He also competed for Belfast clubs Collegians and CIYMS.[2] In 1956, Kennedy was capped for Ireland in the back row of the scrum for a Five Nations match against France at Colombes.[3]
A teacher, Kennedy was a boarding housemaster at Methodist College Belfast and later became a senior administrator in the Londonderry County Borough Education Office.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Educational Office's New 'Second Man'". Londonderry Sentinel. 28 September 1960.
- ^ "Bangor unhappy about date of Towns Cup semi-final". Northern Whig. 14 March 1956.
- ^ "Place in Irish pack for Cecil Fagan". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 23 January 1956.
External links
[edit]- Adrian Kennedy at ESPNscrum