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Rory O'Connor (rugby union, born 1932)

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Welsh rugby union player Rugby player
Rory O'Connor
Date of birth(1932-09-14)14 September 1932
Place of birthNeath, Wales
Date of death7 March 1986(1986-03-07) (aged 53)
Place of deathAberavon, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1957 Wales 1 (0)

Rory O'Connor (14 September 1932 — 7 March 1986) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Born in Neath, O'Connor was a wing-forward and played his rugby with Aberavon. He made his solitary Wales appearance against England at Cardiff Arms Park in the 1957 Five Nations. There was a suggestion that his selection was to prevent him being picked by Ireland, which he had been qualified to represent through ancestry prior to his Wales cap.

O'Connor worked as a rigger at Margam Steelworks.

See also

References

  1. "Rejects In Great Form". Sunday Mirror. 13 January 1957.
  2. Woolford, Anthony (5 July 2015). "Riots, landmines, Greyhounds and snow... The bizzare Welsh rugby debut stories". Wales Online.
  3. "Death of player". South Wales Evening Post. 8 March 1986.

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