Robert McClenahan
| Full name | Robert Orr McClenahan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 May 1902 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 October 1957 (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Orr McClenahan (10 May 1902 — 10 October 1957) was an Irish international rugby union player.
McClenahan was a wing three-quarter from Belfast, capped three times for Ireland in the 1923 Five Nations. He captained Instonians to their first ever Bateman Cup title in 1926–27.[1]
An accountant, McClenahan was a governor of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and remained involved in rugby as an administrator, serving on the senior committee of the Ulster branch of the IRFU.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sportsman and administrator". Belfast Telegraph. 11 October 1957.
- ^ "R. O. McClenahan". Ireland's Saturday Night. 12 October 1957.
External links
[edit]- Robert McClenahan at ESPNscrum