Joe Gaston (rugby union)
| Full name | Joseph Tate Gaston | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cloughmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 October 2024 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Ballymena Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Medical doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Tate Gaston (28 November 1930 – 19 October 2024) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Biography
[edit]Born in Cloughmills, near Ballymena, Gaston was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Gaston, who captained Dublin University, was a speedy wing three-quarter. He represented Ulster and was capped eight times for Ireland during the 1950s, debuting against the touring 1954–55 All Blacks at Lansdowne Road.[2]
A doctor, Gaston played for Northampton while posted to Northampton General Hospital.[3]
Gaston raised three sons and two daughters with wife Maureen, a former Moyle District Councillor. His wife and daughter Kathryn were both killed in a car accident in Moss-side in 1982.[4]
Gaston died in Coleraine, County Londonderry on 19 October 2024, at the age of 93.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Trinity rugby side to meet Ballymena". Northern Whig. 22 March 1955.
- ^ "Joe Gaston joining Ballymena". Belfast Telegraph. 17 February 1958.
- ^ "Wanderers to field 2 rugby internationals". Peterborough Standard. 4 October 1957.
- ^ "2 January 1982". Belfast News-Letter. 2 January 1982.
- ^ "Dr. Joe Gaston". Safely Home. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Joe Gaston at ESPNscrum