John O'Conor (rugby union)
| Full name | John Hamilton O'Conor | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Letterkenny, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 May 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rathgar, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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John Hamilton O'Conor was an Irish international rugby union player.
A Bective Rangers forward, O'Conor was capped 17 times for Ireland from 1888 to 1896.[1] He was a member of the side which won the 1894 Home Nations triple crown and held the captaincy the following season for a match against England.[2]
O'Conor served as president of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1911–12.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bective Rangers". The Tatler. 17 February 1954.
- ^ "Presentation To Mr J H O'Conor". Freeman's Journal. 12 April 1897.
- ^ "Irish Rugby Union". Sport (Dublin). 18 November 1911.
External links
[edit]- John O'Conor at ESPNscrum