Colm Tucker
| Birth name | Colm Christopher Tucker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 September 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 January 2012 (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Munchin's College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Colm Tucker (22 September 1952 – 11 January 2012)[1] was an Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions[2] during a period when at club level he was representing Shannon RFC. Tucker was educated at St. Munchin's College in Limerick.[3]
Tucker's death was announced in January 2012. He was 59.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Colm Tucker player profile]". Scrum.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Colm Tucker Lions profile". lionsrugby.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Colm Tucker passes away". lionsrugby.com. 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Death of Munster and Ireland player Tucker" Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Sport. 11 January 2012.
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