Tommy Headon
| Full name | Thomas Anthony Aloysius Headon | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 June 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 August 1966 (aged 48) | ||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Anthony Aloysius Headon (21 June 1918 — 21 August 1966) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary, Headon grew up in Dublin and attended O'Connell School.[2]
Headon won a national championship (NACA) in shot-put in 1938.[2]
A prop, Headon played his rugby for University College Dublin (UDC) and London Irish. He was capped twice for Ireland during the 1939 Home Nations, appearing against Scotland at Lansdowne Road and Wales at Belfast.[3]
Headon graduated with first-class honours from UCD and became managing director of Urney Chocolates.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fisherman's tale?". Evening Standard. 27 September 1949.
- ^ a b "Tommy Headon" (PDF). tipperaryathletics.com.
- ^ a b "Obituary". Belfast News-Letter. 23 August 1966.
External links
[edit]- Tommy Headon at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1966 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Irish male shot putters
- Rugby union players from Dublin (city)
- Rugby union props
- University College Dublin R.F.C. players
- London Irish players
- Irish expatriate rugby union players in England
- People educated at O'Connell School
- Alumni of University College Dublin